Salvia farinacea

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

mealycup sage

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.

Size

  • Length 7–11 mm
  • Width 1–1.2 mm
  • Thickness 1–1.2 mm

Color

Dark gray to light yellow with black mottling

Texture

Rough, minutely tuberculateTuberculate:
Having small pimple-like protuberances.

Other structures

Small hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is at base.

Identification notes

DorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
side rounded. VentralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side sometimes associated with two flat surfaces.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Salvia farinacea Benth.

Synonyms

Salvia earlei Wooton & Standl.
Salvia farinacea
Benth. var. farinacea
Salvia farinacea
Benth. var. latifolia Shinners 

 Salvia farinacea.  Nutlets with dark gray to light yellow with black mottling.
Salvia farinacea. Nutlets with dark gray to light yellow with black mottling.
 Salvia farinacea.  Nutlets with a rounded dorsal side.
Salvia farinacea. Nutlets with a rounded dorsal side.
 Salvia farinacea.  Nutlets with a ventral side that are sometimes associated with two flat surfaces.
Salvia farinacea. Nutlets with a ventral side that are sometimes associated with two flat surfaces.