Salvia azurea
Salvia azurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Salvia
Subgenus: S. subg. Calosphace
Sectio: S. sect. Farinaceae
Species: Salvia azurea

Name

Salvia azurea Michx. ex Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 253 (-254). 1804.

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Salvia azurea Lam., J. Hist. Nat. 1: 409. 1792, nom. inval.
    • Salvia azurea subsp. typica Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 192. 1939, nom. inval.
  • Heterotypic
    • Salvia acuminata Vent., Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 50. 1801, nom. illeg. non Ruiz & Pav. (1798).
    • Salvia acuminatissima Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 503. 1841.
    • Salvia angustifolia Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 15. 1803, nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
    • Salvia azurea f. albiflora McGregor, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 60: 162. 1957.
    • Salvia azurea subsp. media Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 193. 1939.
    • Salvia azurea subsp. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 194. 1939.
    • Salvia azurea var. elata (Poir.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 19. 1813.
    • Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 302. 1848.
    • Salvia azurea var. longifolia Trel., Rep. (Annual) Arkansas Geol. Surv. 4: 212. 1888 publ. 1891.
    • Salvia azurea var. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) E.Sheld., Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. 9: 76. 1894.
    • Salvia coriifolia Scheele, Linnaea 22: 587. 1849.
    • Salvia elata Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 6: 625. 1805.
    • Salvia elongata Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 231. 1827, nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
    • Salvia mexicana Walter, Fl. Carol.: 65. 1788, nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
    • Salvia pitcheri Torr. ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 251. 1833.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Noerthern America
    • Regional: Southern USA
      • Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Vernacular names

English: azure blue sage, New Mexico sage, pitcher sage
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