Salvia gesneraeflora

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Salvia gesneraeflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Salvia gesneraeflora, Lindl. & Paxt. (S. gesneriaefolia, Lem.). Perennial herb about 2 ft. high (possibly sometimes a subshrub): the branches numerous and glandular-pilose: lvs. ovate-cordate, short-acuminate, crenulate-dentate, puberulent-ciliate and rugose-plicate above, densely long-pubescent-canescent beneath: floral whorls 5-6-fld., with very short pedicels; calyx green, tubular-dilated; corolla scarlet, 2 in. or more long, the tube globose-inflated, throat slightly constricted, short-pubescent. Said to flower in April and again in Nov. Colombia. F.S. 20:2131. I.H. 1:32. J.F. 2:179. J.H. III. 48:191.—Considered by many to be only a variety or form of S. fulgens which it closely resembles. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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