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Salvia cavaleriei
Salvia cavaleriei (Qian sage) is an herb that is native to Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces in China, growing in forests, on hillsides, and streamsides at 500 to 2,700 m (1,600 to 8,900 ft) elevation. S. cavaleriei is a short, robust plant reaching 12 to 32 cm (4.7 to 12.6 in) tall. Inflorescences are widely spaced 2–6 flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes or panicles, with a blue-purple to purple-red or white corolla that is approximately 0.8 cm (0.31 in).
There are three named varieties. In addition to variation in leaf shape and size, they have the following flower colors:
Turkish Black Sage · Wuyi Mountain Sage · Salvia adoxoides · Egyptian Sage · Orange Sage · Mediterranean sage · African Blue Sage · Salvia alatipetiolata · Cederberg Sage · Handsome Sage · Algerian Sage · Salvia amethystina
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia cavaleriei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
