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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]]
| 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]]
