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Published In: Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Hafniensis 34. 1807. (Enum. Pl. Hort. Hafn. (Revised ed.)) Name publication detail
 

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Project Data     (Last Modified On 7/9/2009)
Status: Native

 

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4. Salvia reflexa Hornem. (lance-leaved sage, Rocky Mountain sage)

Pl. 441 e, f; Map 1991

Plants annual, with taproots. Stems 20–70 cm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent wth short, curved hairs. Basal leaves absent at flowering. Stem leaves 3 to several pairs, mostly short-petiolate, the blade 2–6 cm long, lanceolate to narrowly oblong or elliptic, occasionally ovate, angled or tapered at the base, rounded or angled to a bluntly pointed tip, the margins entire or sparsely and often bluntly toothed, the upper surface glabrous or sparsely pubescent with short, curved hairs along the main veins, the undersurface glabrous or sparsely to moderately pubescent with short, curved hairs. Bracts usually persistent, 2–6 mm long, lanceolate to narrowly ovate. Calyces 4–6 mm long at flowering, becoming elongated to 6–8 mm at fruiting, moderately short-hairy along the nerves, the upper lip entire, the lower lip shallowly 2-lobed. Corollas 6–10 mm long, the outer surface densely short-hairy, blue to pale blue or white, the tube only slightly longer than the calyx, the upper lip strongly hooded, entire or very shallowly notched at the tip, the lower lip with relatively well-developed lateral lobes and a depressed-oval central lobe, this not or only slightly notched at the tip. Stamens and style not exserted. Nutlets 2.0–2.5 mm long, the surface brown, smooth or minutely pebbled. 2n=20. May–October.

Widely scattered in the state, most commonly in the western half (Ohio to Montana south to Texas and Arizona; Canada, Mexico; introduced farther west and east). Banks of streams and rivers, margins of ponds and lakes, marshes, bases and ledges of bluffs, bottomland prairies, openings of bottomland forests, and openings and edges of mesic upland forests; also pastures, old fields, edges of crop fields, railroads, roadsides, and open, disturbed areas.

Although this species has smaller flowers than does S. azurea, it is still an attractive plant for wildflower gardens and meadows.

 
 


 

 
 
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