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'''''Salvia blepharophylla''''' ('''eyelash-leaved sage''') is a creeping perennial from the Mexican states of San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas. The epithet, ''blepharophylla'', is from the Greek for "with leaves fringed like eyelashes". It's a rapidly spreading stoloniferous plant with 2.5&nbsp;cm long signal-red flowers with an orange undertone. The flowers grow in loose whorls spaced about 2.5&nbsp;cm apart, on 30&nbsp;cm long inflorescences. In full bloom the plant reaches 45&nbsp;cm in height.<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=46|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA46}}</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 20:06, 7 May 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Height: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. to 27 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 27.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: red, orange, yellow, pink
Scientific Names

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Salvia blepharophylla (eyelash-leaved sage) is a creeping perennial from the Mexican states of San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas. The epithet, blepharophylla, is from the Greek for "with leaves fringed like eyelashes". It's a rapidly spreading stoloniferous plant with 2.5 cm long signal-red flowers with an orange undertone. The flowers grow in loose whorls spaced about 2.5 cm apart, on 30 cm long inflorescences. In full bloom the plant reaches 45 cm in height.[1]

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References

  1. Clebsch, Betsy; Carol D. Barner (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780881925609. http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA46. 

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