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Alishan Sage

Salvia hayatae

Alishan Sage
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin https://www.inaturalist.org/people/mutolisp, CC BY 4.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Taiwan
Climate
subtropical

About

Salvia hayatae is an annual herb that is native to the foothills of Taiwan. The stems of S. hayatae reach 20 to 45 cm (7.9 to 17.7 in) tall, with mostly basal leaves. Inflorescences are 2–5 flowered verticillasters, widely spaced at the bottom and crowded at the top, in terminal racemes or panicles.

There are two named varieties: S. hayatae var. hayatae has leaves that are 2-pinnately compound, while S. hayatae var. pinnata has leaves that are 1-pinnately compound.

Other Salvia plants

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 hayatae 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.

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