Salvia guaranitica - Revision history

Murali.lalitha at 17:51, 8 May 2010

2010-05-08T17:51:57Z

Raffi at 16:11, 20 December 2009

2009-12-20T16:11:28Z

Envoy at 09:17, 26 July 2007

2007-07-26T09:17:48Z

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Salvia guaranitica''
| image = Salvia guaranitica close.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. guaranitica'''''
| binomial = ''Salvia guaranitica''
| binomial_authority = [[Augustin Saint-Hilaire|A.St.-Hil.]] ex [[George Bentham|Benth.]]
}}

'''''Salvia guaranitica''''' ('''Anise-scented sage''' or [[Hummingbird sage]]) is a species of [[Salvia|sage]] native to [[South America]], including [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], and [[Argentina]].

It is a [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[subshrub]] growing 1-3 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are ovate, 4-13 cm long, mint green, and [[anise]]-scented when crushed. The [[inflorescence]]s are up to 25 cm long, with each [[flower]] 3-5 cm long in varying shades of blue, with a dark basal [[calyx]] 10-12 mm long. Flowering begins in mid summer and continues till mid autumn.

===Cultivation===
''Salvia guaranitica'' is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in mild areas where the temperature does not fall below −12 °C. It grows in either full or three quarter sunlight, in well drained soil.

Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected, including 'Argentine Skies' (pale blue flowers), 'Black and Blue' (very dark violet blue calyx), 'Blue Enigma', 'Blue Ensign' (large blue flowers), and 'Purple Splendor'.

{{Wmog|Salvia guaranitica}}

[[Category:Lamiaceae]]

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 ==Cultivation==
-''Salvia guaranitica'' is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in mild areas where the temperature does not fall below &minus;12 °C. It grows in either full or three quarter sunlight, in well drained soil.
+''Salvia guaranitica'' is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in mild areas where the temperature does not fall below −12 °C. It grows in either full or three quarter sunlight, in well drained soil.
 Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected, including 'Argentine Skies' (pale blue flowers), 'Black and Blue' (very dark violet blue calyx), 'Blue Enigma', 'Blue Ensign' (large blue flowers), and 'Purple Splendor'.

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-{{Taxobox
+{{SPlantbox
-| color = lightgreen
+|familia=Lamiaceae
-| name = ''Salvia guaranitica''
+|genus=Salvia
-| image = Salvia guaranitica close.jpg
+|species=guaranitica
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+|habit=shrub
-| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
+|Min ht box=1
-| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
+|Min ht metric=m
-| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
+|Max ht box=3
-| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
+|Max ht metric=m
-| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
+|origin=S America
-| species = '''''S. guaranitica'''''
+|lifespan=perennial
-| binomial = ''Salvia guaranitica''
+|Min Temp Num=-12
-| binomial_authority = [[Augustin Saint-Hilaire|A.St.-Hil.]] ex [[George Bentham|Benth.]]
+|Temp Metric=°C
 }}
 '''''Salvia guaranitica''''' ('''Anise-scented sage''' or [[Hummingbird sage]]) is a species of [[Salvia|sage]] native to [[South America]], including [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], and [[Argentina]].
 It is a [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[subshrub]] growing 1-3 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are ovate, 4-13 cm long, mint green, and [[anise]]-scented when crushed. The [[inflorescence]]s are up to 25 cm long, with each [[flower]] 3-5 cm long in varying shades of blue, with a dark basal [[calyx]] 10-12 mm long. Flowering begins in mid summer and continues till mid autumn.
-===Cultivation===
+==Cultivation==
 ''Salvia guaranitica'' is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in mild areas where the temperature does not fall below &minus;12 °C. It grows in either full or three quarter sunlight, in well drained soil.
 Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected, including 'Argentine Skies' (pale blue flowers), 'Black and Blue' (very dark violet blue calyx), 'Blue Enigma', 'Blue Ensign' (large blue flowers), and 'Purple Splendor'.
-{{Wmog|Salvia guaranitica}}
+==External links==
-[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
+{{stub}}