Salvia glutinosa

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Read about Salvia glutinosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Salvia glutinosa, Linn. (S. nubicola, Wall.). Perennial, about 3 ft. high: st. herbaceous, erect, glutinous-pilose, divaricately branched: lvs. petiolate, the lowest 7-8 in. long, the upper smaller, ovate-oblong, acuminate, dentate, the base cordate-sagittate; floral lvs. ovate, acuminate: racemes simple; floral whorls distant, laxly few-fld.; calyx tubular; corolla pale yellow, often 1 1/2 in. long, the tube exserted with its throat broadened. July. Eu. and Asia.


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Salvia glutinosa
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: S. glutinosa

Binomial name
Salvia glutinosa
L.

Salvia glutinosa is native to Central and East Europe, and West Asia. It is a deciduous perennial, up to about 1 meter in height, with yellow or yellow brown flowers.

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