Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia azurea var. azurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Salvia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia azurea var. azurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salvia azurea var. azurea
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-004:
Salvia azurea FAMILY Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia azurea
COMMON NAME:
Azure Sage
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Will Stuart wil_salvia_azurea_218
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_salvia_azurea_218b
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves linear, narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_salvia_azurea_230
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Upper lip densely bearded on the back, lower lip longer and spreading, per Flora of the southeastern United States (JK Small, 1913).
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Will Stuart wil_salvia_azurea_246
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flowers spaced out, internodes of mature inflorescences to 25(34)mm, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Will Stuart wil_salvia_azurea_254
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flowers arranged in distinct racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_salvia_azurea_254b
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Calyx with antrorse [forward-pointing] hairs limited to major veins, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia azurea var. azurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia azurea var. azurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salvia azurea var. azurea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-004:
Salvia azurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia azurea
4053
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, especially in loamy swales and flats, pine flatwoods, hammocks, other sandy or rocky woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles obscured by decurrent blade
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
2 fertile exserted stamens & possibly some sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in racemes
FRUIT:
Fall
Mericarps olive-brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p406
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p081
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p241
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p090
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