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| Scientific Name | Salvia azurea | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SAAZ |
| Common Name | Blue Sage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32699 |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | Wildflower Center Ref. | Click Here |
| Description | Habitat: Dry, rocky soils in prairies, flats, and in open areas in oak or cedar hillsides and woodlands. Plant: Upright to sprawling, leafy perennial with single or branched, somewhat hairy stems; up to 5 feet tall. Leaves: Opposite stem leaves; lower lanceoleate or oblong, up to 4 inches ling and 1-5/8 inches wide, blunt tip and tapering to a petiole, margins denticulate or serrate; upper leaves smaller, linear and entire. Inflorescence: Many small clusters of flowers in a long, slender terminal spike; blossoms arranged in whorls, each 1/2 to 1 inch long; dark to pale blue corolla with white throat, two-lipped with small upper lip and broad lower lip that is barely noticeable as being three-lobed. Bloom Period: May to November. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilsvsgi. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Salvia engelmannii | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SAEN2 |
| Common Name | Englemann's Sage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32711 |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | Wildflower Center Ref. | Click Here |
| Description | Habitat: Dry, rocky limestone soils of prairies, hillsides and rock outcrops. Plant: Upright perennial in dense bushy clumps, numerous stems 6 to 16 inches tall; small erect, glandular (sticky) hairs on foliage. Leaves: Opposite, narrow, linear or oblanceolate, petiolate, green 1-1/2 to 3 inches long. Inflorescence: Pale purple to pale blue flowers about 1 inch long in loose, terminal racemes; each flower with 5 petals united into upper and lower lips, larger lower lip appearing to be 2-lobed; each flower with leaf-like bract below. Bloom Period: April to June. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist and "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Salvia farinacea | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SAFA2 |
| Common Name | Mealycup Sage, Mealy Blue Sage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32713 |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | Wildflower Center Ref. | Click Here |
| Description | Habitat: Dry, rocky limestone soils. Plant: Shrubby, clump-forming perennial 1-1/2 to 3 feet tall; erect to spawling, branching, square stems. Leaves: Lower leaves linear to ovate-lanceolate, up to 4 inches long and 1-1/4 inches wide, on petioles 1-3/4 inches long, with irregular-coarsely serrate edges; upper leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate and may have entire edges. Inflorescence: Dense whorls of violet-blue flowers spaced along spikes 4 to 8 inches long on long, naked peduncles; each flower up to 1 inch long, with 5 petals united into upper and lower lips, larger lower lip appearing to be 2-lobed, back of upper lip densely covered with purple hairs; sepals below covered with whitish hairs. Bloom Period: April to November. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi and "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Salvia lycioides | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SALY |
| Common Name | Canyon Sage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32723 |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Habitat: Rocky soils in canyons, ledges and slopes in mid to upper elevations in mountainous areas of Big Bend. Plant: Perennial shrub with many erect and spreading stems, 1 to 2 feet tall and as wide; stems are mostly smooth and may be slightly hairy and glandular near tips. Leaves: Oblong-elliptic to broadly ovate leaves 3/8 to 1-1/4 inches long; prominent mid-vein ; on short petioles; edges are entire to coarsely crenulate-serrulate; surfaces may be smooth to covered with minute hairs and gland-dotted. Inflorescence: Elongated open racemes up to 6 inches long with flowers oppositely-arranged and about 1/2-inch long; blue to indigo-blue corollas have two lips, lower lip much larger than the upper. Bloom Period: April to October. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Salvia lyrata | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SALY2 |
| Common Name | Lyre-leaf Sage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32690 |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | Wildflower Center Ref. | Click Here |
| Description |
Habitat: Sandy soils in moist areas in meadows, clearings and open woods; normally found in East Texas but sometimes in the Hill Country. Plant: Erect perennial 1 to 2-1/2 feet tall. Leaves: Basal rosette of ovate to oblanceolate leaves up to 10 inches long; springtime leaves irregularly lobed, somewhat lyre-shaped, and purple-tinged; summer and fall leaves nearly entire; smaller, sparser stem leaves. Inflorescence: Widely-spaced whorls of pale blue two-lipped flowers, each about 1-inch long; upper lip with three teeth, larger lower lip with two longer teeth; funnel-shaped corolla violet or light blue with darker blue markings. Bloom Period: December to May. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Salvia texana | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SATE3 |
| Common Name | Texas Sage, Blue Sage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32693 |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Habitat: Dry, rocky limestone soils.
Plant: Erect perennial 6 to 15 inches tall, several spreading or ascending, densely hairy stems.
Leaves: Alternate, obovate-lanceolate to oblanceolate hairy blades up to 2-3/8 inches long with entire or somewhat dentate margins. Inflorescence: Bristly-hairy racemes of multiple purplish-blue flowers, each with a hairy, two-lipped calyx about 3/8-inch long; two-lipped corolla about 1-inch long, lower lip with three lobes, the center one much wider. Bloom Period: March to May. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist and "Wildflowers of Texas" by Micahel Eason. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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