Salvia mexicana

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Common Names

Description

Family Lamiaceae

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs or shrubs , annual or perennial , usually aromatic . Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled or alternate, simple to pinnately dissected or compound , without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary ; verticillasters 2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate or not. Calyx persistent , 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube sometimes hairy annulate inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous , 4 or 2, free , rarely filaments connate , sometimes one staminodial; anther 1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell 2-ovuled and style subterminal , or ovary 4-parted and each lobe 1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets . Seeds with or without endosperm.

Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.[1]

Genus Salvia

Herbs, subshrubs , or shrubs . Leaves simple or pinnately compound . Verticillasters 2- to many flowered, in racemes , panicles, or spikes, rarely solitary, axillary ; bracteoles minute. Calyx tubular to campanulate , hairy or glabrous on throat inside, 2-lipped; upper lip entire, 2-toothed, or 3-mucronate; lower lip 2-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped; tube straight, horizontal, curved upward or adaxially dilated , with or without hairy annulus inside; upper lip folded, straight or falcate , apex entire or emarginate ; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed; middle lobe widest, margin entire, apex emarginate, fringed , or 2-lobulate; lateral lobes oblong or circular, spreading or reflexed . Stamens 2; filaments short, horizontal or erect ; connectives prolonged, linear , T-shaped; upper arms with fertile elliptic or linear anther cells ; lower arms robust or slender, with fertile or sterile anther cells, separated or connected to each other; staminodes 2, small or absent. Style 2-cleft, lobes subulate , linear or circular, equal, anterior lobe larger or posterior lobe indistinct. Disc slightly swollen in front or ringlike. Nutlets triquetrous , ovoid or oblong, glabrous, smooth .

About 900(-1100) species: tropical and temperate zones of the Old and New World, 84 species in China.

There are many taxonomic problems in the flora area, especially in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces ; collation with the situation in the Himalaya is much needed.[2]

Physical Description

Landscaping

Care: Hardy and trouble-free. Heat and drought tolerant . Pinch lightly in spring to keep plant bushy. Remove spent flowers to prolong blooming season .

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,809 meters (0 to 9,216 feet).[3]

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 10-12' apart.

Soil: Prefers organic , well-drained soil.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Salvia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2026 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. abbottii · S. absconditiflora · S. abyssinica · S. acaulis · S. acetabulosa · S. acuminata · S. acuminatissima · S. acutifolia · S. adenocaulon · S. adenoclada · S. adenophora · S. adenophylla · S. adenostachya · S. adglutinans · S. adiantifolia · S. adoxoides · S. aegyptiaca · S. aegyptica · S. aequidistans · S. aerea · S. aethiopis (Mediterranean Sage Salvia Aethiopis) · S. aethiops · S. aethiopsis · S. aff. campanulata · S. aff. chamaedryoides · S. aff. yunnanensis · S. affinis · S. afghanica · S. africana · S. africana-caerulea (Salvia) · S. africana-coerulea · S. africana-lutea (Bruin of Sandsalie) · S. agnes · S. agrestis · S. alamosana · S. alariformis · S. alata · S. alba · S. albicans · S. albicaulis · S. albiflora · S. albifrons · S. albimaculata · S. albo-caerulea · S. albopileata · S. alborosea · S. algeriensis (Algerian Salvia) · S. aliciae · S. aliena · S. 'Allen Chickering' (Sage) · S. altilabrosa · S. altimitrata · S. altissima · S. alvajaca · S. amabilis · S. amana · S. amara · S. amarissima · S. amasiaca · S. amasiana · S. 'Amber' · S. ambigens · S. ambigua · S. amethystina · S. amethystina subsp. ampelophylla · S. ametystina · S. amissa (Santa Catalina Mountain Sage) · S. amoena · S. ampelophilla · S. ampelophylla · S. amplexicaulis · S. amplifrons · S. anaglypha · S. anastomosana · S. anastomosans · S. anatolica · S. ancistrocarpha · S. anguicoma · S. angulata · S. angustiarum · S. angustifolia · S. anhweiensis · S. anisodonta · S. anomala · S. antennifera · S. 'Anthony Parker' · S. apiana (White Sage) · S. apiana Jepson var. compacta Munz · S. apiana var. apiana (White Sage) · S. apiana var. compacta (Compact White Sage) · S. appendiculata · S. approximata · S. aprica · S. arachnoidea · S. aramiensis · S. aratocensis · S. arborea · S. arbuscula · S. arduinervis · S. arenaria

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Further Reading

• Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:

• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJIO)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10835759
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456693-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 903525

Footnotes

1. Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Salvia". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 195. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Mean = 1,635.810 meters (5,366.831 feet), Standard Deviation = 832.490 based on 134 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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