Salvia azurea Michaux ex Lamarck var. azurea. Common name: Azure Sage. Phenology: (May-) Aug-Nov; Oct-Dec. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhill, especially in loamy swale and flats, pine flatwoods, hammocks, other sandy or rocky woodlands. Distribution: S. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Tx; < Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. — Fl6, RAB, S, WH3. Basionym: Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. 1804
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of sandhills, hammocks and dry sandy or rocky woodlands.
Stems: Stems 1 to several from a single crown, 4-angled, simple or branched above, hairy.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped and tapering at both ends, to 3 1/2 in. long, grayish-green, with short gray hairs; scent when crushed resembles culinary sage.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in upright, loose, terminal spikes; intense blue, 1/2-1 in.long, tubular opening to 2 lips, the upper much smaller and hood-like and the lower 3-lobed and (usually) with white stripes or smudges.
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Height: 2-5 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of sandhills, hammocks and dry sandy or rocky woodlands.
stems: Stems 1 to several from a single crown, 4-angled, simple or branched above, hairy.
leaves: Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped and tapering at both ends, to 3 1/2 in. long, grayish-green, with short gray hairs; scent when crushed resembles culinary sage.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in upright, loose, terminal spikes; intense blue, 1/2-1 in.long, tubular opening to 2 lips, the upper much smaller and hood-like and the lower 3-lobed and (usually) with white stripes or smudges.
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native range: southeastern United States
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