Biology:Salvia cyanescens

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Lamiaceae

Salvia cyanescens
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. cyanescens
Binomial name
Salvia cyanescens
Boiss. & Balansa

Salvia cyanescens is a perennial shrub in the Lamiaceae family.[1] It is native to Iran and Turkey, and was introduced to horticulture in 1959. It freely hybridizes in its native habitat with Salvia candidissima.

In mild climates it is evergreen, growing into 1 ft clumps. The gray-green leaves are 2 in long by 1 in wide and covered with hairs. It blooms in summer and late autumn, with delicate 1 in purple-violet flowers growing on 1 ft candelabra-like inflorescences. The epithet, cyanescens, means 'bluish', which is not entirely accurate regarding the flower.[2]

Notes

Wikidata ☰ Q4818142 entry