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|familia=Lamiaceae

|familia=Lamiaceae

|genus=Salvia  

|genus=Salvia

|species=coccinea

|species=coccinea

|common_name=Texas sage, Tropical sage

|common_name=Texas sage, Tropical sage

|exposure=sun

|exposure=sun

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|flowers=red, pink, white

|flowers=red, pink, white

|Temp Metric=°F

|Temp Metric=°F

|min_zone=9

|min_zone=9

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|max_zone=12

|max_zone=12

|image=Upload.png

|image=Salvia coccinea1.jpg

|image_width=240

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'''''Salvia coccinea''''', commonly known as '''Texas sage''', '''scarlet sage''', '''tropical sage''', or '''blood sage''', is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Mentha|mint]] family, [[Lamiaceae]]. It is native to the [[Southeastern United States]], [[Mexico]], [[Central America]], the [[Caribbean]], and northern [[Southern America]] ([[Colombia]], [[Peru]], and [[Brazil]]), but is widely cultivated as an [[Ornamental plant|ornamental]].<ref name="GRIN"/> Its [[specific name]], coccinea, means "scarlet-dyed" in [[Latin]], referring to its [[flower]]s.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=agbm4S1eCQsC& |first=Joel Ellis |last=Holloway |coauthors=Amanda Neill |title=A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains |publisher=TCU Press |year=2005 |isbn=9780875653099 |page=135}}</ref> They are tubular, bright red, about {{convert|1.25|in|cm|abbr=on}} long<ref>{{cite book |first=Gil |last=Nelson |title=East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers |publisher=Globe Pequot |year=2005 |isbn=9780762727186 |page=212}}</ref> and [[Pollination|pollinated]] by [[hummingbird]]s and [[Butterfly|butterflies]].<ref name="Floridata">{{cite web |url=http://www.floridata.com/ref/S/salv_coc.cfm |title=#507 ''Salvia coccinea'' |publisher=Floridata |accessdate=2010-01-29}}</ref>

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In the garden, the species is considered frost-tender and usually grown as an [[Annual plant|annual]].  In frost-free climates, flowers may be produced as early as February and continue through December.  In other areas, flowering begins as days lengthen and continue until first frost in fall.  While considered frost tender, light freezes will merely kill foliage, it takes a freeze below 20 degrees F. to kill them roots and all.

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Plants grow best with plenty of sun and rich, well-drained [[soil]]s. 

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| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

Hummingbirds appear to favor this species over ''Salvia greggii'', the autumn sage.

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| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->

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| color = IndianRed

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Salvia coccinea, Linn. (S. rosea, Vahl). Annual or sometimes perennial and subshrubby: st. herbaceous, erect, 1-2 ft. high, canescent-pubescent: lvs. petiolate, 1-2 in. long, ovate, acute, crenate, base cordate, pubescent above, hoary-tomentose beneath; floral lvs. ovate, acuminate, deciduous: racemes simple; floral whorls remote, 6-10-fld.; calyx tubular-campanulate, striate, often purplish, the teeth acute; corolla scarlet, glabrous. July. S. C. to Fla. and Texas, Mex., W. Indies, Trop. Amer., and cult. and occasionally escaped in India and Austral.—Probably all of the material grown as this is not true to name, possibly the larger part of it is in reality S. splendens. Var. bicolor, Hort., has the upper lip white, the lower lip brilliant carmine-red. Var. lactea, Hort., has white fls. Var. major, Regel (S. filamentosa, Tausch. S. Roemeriana, Hort., not Scheele), becomes a subshrub up to 4 1/2 ft. high, is apt to be less canescent-pubescent and has larger bright scarlet-red fls. June to late autumn. Gt. 7:232. Var. nana, Hort., is a dwarf much-branched form. Var. nana carminea, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. nana compacta, Hort., is a dwarfer and more bushy form than the variety proper.

Salvia coccinea, Linn. (S. rosea, Vahl). Annual or sometimes perennial and subshrubby: st. herbaceous, erect, 1-2 ft. high, canescent-pubescent: lvs. petiolate, 1-2 in. long, ovate, acute, crenate, base cordate, pubescent above, hoary-tomentose beneath; floral lvs. ovate, acuminate, deciduous: racemes simple; floral whorls remote, 6-10-fld.; calyx tubular-campanulate, striate, often purplish, the teeth acute; corolla scarlet, glabrous. July. S. C. to Fla. and Texas, Mex., W. Indies, Trop. Amer., and cult. and occasionally escaped in India and Austral.—Probably all of the material grown as this is not true to name, possibly the larger part of it is in reality S. splendens. Var. bicolor, Hort., has the upper lip white, the lower lip brilliant carmine-red. Var. lactea, Hort., has white fls. Var. major, Regel (S. filamentosa, Tausch. S. Roemeriana, Hort., not Scheele), becomes a subshrub up to 4 1/2 ft. high, is apt to be less canescent-pubescent and has larger bright scarlet-red fls. June to late autumn. Gt. 7:232. Var. nana, Hort., is a dwarf much-branched form. Var. nana carminea, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. nana compacta, Hort., is a dwarfer and more bushy form than the variety proper.

Var. pseudo-coccinea, Gray (S. pseudo-coccinea, Jacq.), grows 2-4 ft. high, and has the st., petioles, and often the margins of the floral lvs. conspicuously beset with hirsute hairs. Mex. and Cent. Amer. B.M. 2864. J.F. 2:35. Var. punicea, Hort. (S. coccinea var. splendens, Hort. S. superba, Hort.), differs from the type in being larger, slenderer and later-flowering and in having fls. of a brighter red, more velvety and more closely placed. Var. punicea nana, Hort., differs from the variety proper in being dwarfer and the twigs more branched. Var. rosea nana, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. splendens, Hort., equals var. punicea, Hort.

Var. pseudo-coccinea, Gray (S. pseudo-coccinea, Jacq.), grows 2-4 ft. high, and has the st., petioles, and often the margins of the floral lvs. conspicuously beset with hirsute hairs. Mex. and Cent. Amer. Var. punicea, Hort. (S. coccinea var. splendens, Hort. S. superba, Hort.), differs from the type in being larger, slenderer and later-flowering and in having fls. of a brighter red, more velvety and more closely placed. Var. punicea nana, Hort., differs from the variety proper in being dwarfer and the twigs more branched. Var. rosea nana, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. splendens, Hort., equals var. punicea, Hort.

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==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

 

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===Pests and diseases===

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==Species==

 

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==Varieties==

A wide selection of [[cultivar]]s are available, including 'Lady in Red' (densely packed [[Raceme|spikes]] of scarlet flowers with whitish [[bract]]s), 'Coral Nymph' (bicolored salmon pink and white flowers), and 'Snow Nymph' (white flowers).

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==References==

==References==

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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