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The blue flowers (rarely white), nearly 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 inch (6.4 to 12.7 mm) long, appear summer to autumn near the ends of their branched or unbranched spikes; their calyxes are tubular or bell-shaped and furry. Two varieties are known, Salvia azurea var. azurea (azure sage) and Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (Pitcher sage). [4] [5]
Blue sage is a common name for several plants: Eranthemum nervosum; Salvia azurea, native to central and eastern North America; Salvia clevelandii, native to western North America; Salvia nemorosa, native to central Europe and western Asia; Salvia pachyphylla, native to California, Nevada, and Arizona
Salvia officinalis, the common sage or sage, is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae and native to the Mediterranean region , though it has been naturalized in many places throughout the world.
Salvia (/ ˈ s æ l v i ə /) [3] is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with nearly 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. [4] [5] [6] Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. [4]
Salvia nemorosa, the woodland sage, Balkan clary, blue sage or wild sage, [1] is a hardy herbaceous perennial plant native to a wide area of central Europe and Western Asia.. It is an attractive plant that is easy to grow and propagate, with the result that it has been passed around by gardeners for many years.
Salvia clevelandii flower. Salvia clevelandii, the fragrant sage, [3] blue sage, [citation needed] Jim sage, [citation needed] Cleveland sage, [4] and Cleveland's blue sage [1] is a perennial plant of family Lamiaceae native to Southern California and northern Baja California, growing below 900 m (3,000 ft) elevation [not verified in body] in California coastal sage and chaparral habitat.