You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons:
Cancel
Plant text area:
'''''Salvia roemeriana''''' ('''Cedar sage''') is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to the [[Edwards Plateau]] in Texas, along with parts of Arizona, and several provinces in Mexico. The epithet honors German geologist [[Ferdinand von Roemer]], who lived in Texas from 1845 to 1847 and became known as the "father of Texas geology". The common name refers to the cedar brakes where it commonly grows. It also grows in oak woodlands and rock outcroppings. It was introduced into horticulture in 1852, and was a favorite of renowned garden writer [[William Robinson (gardener)|William Robinson]] for its neatness as an edging plant and in front of borders.<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=251|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA251}}</ref> Cedar sage grows up to 1 ft in height and width, quickly establishing itself and growing into colonies through prolific reseeding. The leaves are a grassy green color, with the plant dying back to the ground in winter. The abundant flowers are bright scarlet, growing in loose whorls above the plant, on 8-10 in stalks, with each plant having many inflorescences.<ref name="Clebsch"/> {{Inc| Salvia roemeriana, Scheele (S. porphyrantha, Decne. S. porphyrata, Hook.). Perennial, 1-2 ft. high: sts. sparsely long, spreading, hirsute: lvs. or terminal lft. roundish or reniform-cordate, coarsely repand-toothed or crenately incised; lower lvs. usually with 2 or 3 similar but smaller (subsessile or slender-petiolulate) lfts.; floral lvs. mostly shorter than the pedicels: raceme loose and elongated; floral whorls few-fld.; calyx somewhat pubescent; corolla deep scarlet, puberulent, about 1 in. or more long, tubular-funnelform. July. Texas and Mex. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
Summary:
This is a minor edit Watch this page