Salvia urticifolia

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Salvia urticifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. urticifolia
Binomial name
Salvia urticifolia

Salvia urticifolia (nettleleaf sage, nettle-leaved sage, wild sage) is a herbaceous perennial native to the southeastern United States. S. urticifolia is an erect plant that reaches 20 to 70 cm (7.9 to 27.6 in) tall. Flowers, with a corolla that is approximately 1.2 cm (0.47 in) long, are blue or purple (occasionally white), growing in panicles on short pedicels. The lower lip has three lobes, with a pair of white marks coming from the throat. The leaves are crenate—similar to the leaves of Urtica species.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Salvia urticifolia". USDA Plants Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Salvia urticifolia". Native Plant Database. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 27 June 2010.

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