Salvia azurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Salvia
Subgenus: Salvia subg. Calosphace
Sectio: S. sect. Farinaceae
Species: Salvia azurea

Salvia azurea Michx. ex Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 253 (-254). 1804.

Homotypic
- Salvia azurea Lam., J. Hist. Nat. 1: 409. 1792, nom. inval.
- Salvia azurea subsp. typica Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 192. 1939, nom. inval.

Heterotypic
- Salvia acuminata Vent., Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 50. 1801, nom. illeg. non Ruiz & Pav. (1798).
- Salvia acuminatissima Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 503. 1841.
- Salvia angustifolia Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 15. 1803, nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
- Salvia azurea f. albiflora McGregor, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 60: 162. 1957.
- Salvia azurea subsp. media Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 193. 1939.
- Salvia azurea subsp. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 194. 1939.
- Salvia azurea var. elata (Poir.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 19. 1813.
- Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 302. 1848.
- Salvia azurea var. longifolia Trel., Rep. (Annual) Arkansas Geol. Surv. 4: 212. 1888 publ. 1891.
- Salvia azurea var. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) E.Sheld., Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. 9: 76. 1894.
- Salvia coriifolia Scheele, Linnaea 22: 587. 1849.
- Salvia elata Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 6: 625. 1805.
- Salvia elongata Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 231. 1827, nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
- Salvia mexicana Walter, Fl. Carol.: 65. 1788, nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
- Salvia pitcheri Torr. ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 251. 1833.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Noerthern America Regional: Southern USA Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Salvia azurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 08. Reference page.
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Tropicos.org 2022. Salvia azurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 May 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Salvia azurea. Published online. Accessed: May 08 2022.

English: azure blue sage, New Mexico sage, pitcher sage