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'''''Salvia pratensis''''' ('''Meadow Clary''' or '''Meadow Sage''') is a herbaceous perennial in the family [[Lamiaceae]], native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The specific epithet ''pratensis'' refers to its tendency to grow in meadows. It also grows in scrub edges and woodland borders. ''Salvia pratensis'' forms a basal clump from 1-1.5 m tall, with rich green rugose leaves that are slightly ruffled and toothed on the edges. The flower stalks are typically branched, with four to six flowers in each verticil. The 1 inch flowers open from the base of the inflorescence, which grows up to 12 inches long. The small calyx is dark brown. The flowers have a wide variety of color, from rich violet and violet-blue to bluish white, and from pink to pure white.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=226|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA226}}</ref> The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, with those on the lower part of the stem up to 15 cm long, decreasing in size higher up the stem. At one time it was banned from California because it was thought to have naturalized in three locations. Later it was discovered that the real culprit was ''S. virgata''. Both plants are now allowed in California. It is widely grown in horticulture, especially ''Salvia pratensis'' subsp. ''haematodes'', which is prized by flower arrangers as a cut flower. Some botanists consider ''S. pratensis'' subsp. ''haematodes'' as a separate species.<ref name="Clebsch"/> {{Inc| Salvia pratensis, Linn. Hardy perennial, 2 ft. or more high: root sometimes tuberous: sts. herbaceous, erect, subsimple, pubescent: lvs., especially in the southern varieties, more or less blood-red maculate; radical lvs. petiolate, oblong-ovate, obtuse, crenate or incised, base cordate, bullate-rugose, glabrous above, pubescent beneath along the petiole and nerves; cauline lvs. few, sessile; floral lvs. cordate-ovate: racemes viscous, subsimple; floral whorls 6-fld., distant; calyx subsessile, campanulate, viscous-villous; corolla bright blue, rarely reddish or white, large, 1 in. long. June- Aug. Eu. Var. alba, Hort., has pure white fls. Var. albiflora, Hort., is a white-fld. form; perhaps this and the preceding are the same. Var. atroviolacea, Hort., has dark violet fls. Var. Baumgartenii, Hort. (S. Baumgartenii, Heuff.), has violet fls. Var. lupinoides, Hort. (S. lupinoides, Hort.), is said to grow 2 ft. high and to have bluish purple and white fls. Var. rosea, Hort. (S. salvatori, Hort.), has rosy purple fls. Var. rubicunda, Hort. (S. rubicunda, Wender.), has rose-red fls. Var. superba, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. Tenorii, Hort. (S. Tenorii, Spreng.), is said to grow 2 ft. high and to have deep blue fls. Var. variegata, Hort. (S. variegata, Waldst. & Kit.), has light blue fls. with the midlobe of the lower lip white. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Salviarosefrom.jpg|Rose colored form. File:Szalwia lakowa Salvia pratensis2.jpg File:Salvia pratensis 2581.jpg Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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