OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Salvia azurea var. azurea, Azure Sage

Will Stuart    wil_salvia_azurea_218

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Salvia azurea var. azurea, Azure Sage

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).

image of Salvia azurea var. azurea, Azure Sage

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).

image of Salvia azurea var. azurea, Azure Sage

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).

image of Salvia azurea var. azurea, Azure Sage

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).

image of Salvia azurea var. azurea, Azure Sage

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

 

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4053

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, 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

 

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