Mealy sage
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Mealy sage ( Salvia farinacea ) |
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The Mealy sage ( Salvia farinacea ), also Ähriger sage , ears sage or flour sage called, is a perennial plant of the genus sage ( Salvia ) within the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae). In the temperate latitudes it is cultivated as an annual plant and used as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens, especially in summer borders. Mealy sage can, however, be grown for several years in warmer regions after pruning in autumn.
description
Mealy sage reaches heights of 60 to 90 cm. The shape of the leaf blade varies from ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate. The inflorescence axis forms blue, rarely white hairs. The trimmed calyx has very short calyx teeth. They are densely hairy blue or white, so that the individual calyx teeth can hardly be seen. The bright blue and white flowers stand together in slender pseudo whorls . The crown is about up to 2.5 centimeters long. There is no ring-shaped hairline inside the corolla tube.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18 or 20.
Occurrence
Is native Salvia farinacea in Texas, New Mexico and northeastern Mexico. He prefers prairies and meadows as locations.
Culture as an ornamental plant
Mealy sage can also be used as a cut flower. Several varieties are cultivated, such as 'Blue Bedder', 'Victoria' with intense purple-blue flowers and 'Strata' with white and blue flowers. Salvia farinacea blooms from June to frost and grows best in a sunny to partially shaded location.
Taxonomy
The first description of Salvia farinacea was made in 1833 by George Bentham in Labiatarum Genera et species , S. 274. synonyms for Salvia farinacea Benth. are Salvia linearis Sessé & Moc. and Salvia virgata Ortega .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Gordon Cheers: Botanica: The ABC of plants. 10,000 species in text and images . German edition. Edition Könemann in the Tandem Verlag Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-89731-900-4 , Salvia farinacea : p. 813.
- ↑ a b Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 512 .
- ^ Salvia farinacea at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Salvia farinacea. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ Salvia farinacea at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Web links
- Thomas Meyer: Sage data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
- Floridata data sheet.
