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Salvia patens Cav.
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Isotype for Salvia subpatens Epling
Catalog Number: US 1746587
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. B. Hinton
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: Tejupilco., Temascaltepec, Mexico, North America
Elevation (m): 1340 to 1340
- Isotype: Epling, C. C. 1939. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 97.
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Salvia patens (sometimes called gentian sage or spreading sage) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to a wide area of central Mexico. It was introduced into horticulture in 1838 and popularized by William Robinson.[1]
Description[edit]
Salvia patens is tuberous, and easily lifted for overwintering in a greenhouse. The more common varieties reach 30–60 cm (12–24 in) tall and wide, and are covered with hastate shaped mistletoe-green leaves. Inflorescences reach 15 to 30 cm (5.9 to 11.8 in) or longer, rising well above the leaves. 2.6 cm (1.0 in) pure blue flowers are spaced along the inflorescence, with a 1.3 cm (0.51 in) green calyx that adds to the attractiveness of the flowers.[1]
The specific epithet patens means "spreading".[2]
Cultivation[edit]
Salvia patens is frequently treated as an annual by gardeners due to its sensitivity to hard frost, with bedding plants often put out in spring. Varieties have been developed with colors ranging from white to lilac to various shades of blue. Seeds from the Netherlands have been available since the 1990s for rich colored and large flowered varieties. [1]
The species and its cultivar 'Cambridge blue' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]William Robinson praised the species in the 1933 edition of The English Flower Garden as, "doubtless, the most brilliant in cultivation, being surpassed by and equalled by few other [garden] flowers."[5] A collecting trip to Mexico in 1991 led by James Compton discovered a 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall variety with large deep blue flowers that is available as 'Guanajuato'.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- ^ RHS Plant selector for the species
- ^ RHS Plant selector for Cambridge blue
- ^ Sutton, John (2004). The Gardener's Guide to Growing Salvias. Workman Publishing Company. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-88192-671-2.
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"Notes: Western Ghats, High, altitude, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America"
Tamil Nadu: Nilgiri
Chile Central
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Habit: Herb