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Salvia reflexa

Salvia reflexa, Lubbock Lake Landmark, Lubbock Co. 2702

Salvia reflexa, Lubbock Lake Landmark, Lubbock Co. 2701

Salvia reflexa, Lubbock Lake Landmark, Lubbock Co. 2712

Scientific Name	Salvia reflexa	USDA PLANTS Symbol	SARE3
Common Name	Lance-leaf Sage	ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.	32692
Family	Lamiaceae (Mint)	SEINet Reference	Click Here
Description	Habitat: Dry gravelly clay or rocky soils on flats, ledges and slopes. Plant: Bushy annual, erect main stem with many spreading branches on mature plants; 12 to 24 inches tall; stem surfaces either smooth or covered with very fine incurved hairs. Leaves: Opposite leaves with lanceolate to oblong-linear blades, up to 2 inches long and almost 1/2-inch wide; tapering to a slender petiole 5/8-inch long; margins are entire or serrulate and often cupped upward; leaves becoming smaller into the flower cluster where they become less than 1/10 inch long and scale-like. Inflorescence: Opposite pairs of light blue flowers (or rarely whorls of 3 or 4), along spikes from the upper leaf axils; 2-lipped corolla with the upper lip hood-shaped (or 2-lobed), hairy on the outside; the lower lip is 3-lobed and spreads or droops; calyx lobes are also two-lipped; two stamens hidden under the upper lip hood, single style visible and curving around the hood. Bloom Period: May to October. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, Minnesota Wildflowers and SEINet.	BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key	Texas Status: Native

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