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Salvia elegans
Also called Pineapple Scented Sage
Pineapple sage is a tender perennial shrub from the mountain pine-oak forests of Mexico, grown for its pineapple-scented leaves and red tubular flowers. It thrives in warm, sunny spots with well-drained soil and is cut back or sheltered where frost occurs.
Salvia elegans is a perennial shrub native to Mexico. It has a number of variants, including pineapple sage and tangerine sage.
Pineapple sage was introduced into horticulture about 1870. In cultivation, it typically reaches a height of 1.2 to 1.5 m (4 to 5 ft), with its roots spreading underground to form a large clump. The pale yellow-green leaves are veined and covered with fine hairs. Six to twelve scarlet flowers grow in whorls, featuring a long inflorescence that blooms gradually and lasts for an extended period. With a hard frost, the plant will die down to the ground and grow back the following spring.
Native to Mexico, the shrub inhabits Madrean and Mesoamerican pine–oak forests between 1,800 and 2,700 m (6,000 and 9,000 ft).
The leaves and flowers are edible. The plant is used in Mexican traditional medicine, especially for anxiety and hypertension. Both its leaves and flowers are used in flavoring fruit salads, jams, teas, and as garnish.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia elegans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
