Salvia azurea

Species category

Revegetation or Rangeland, Weed

Common name

azure blue sage, blue 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 2.3–3.4 mm 
  • Width 1.5–2.1 mm 
  • Thickness 1–1.2 mm 

Color

Dark to light brown with black reticulations

Texture

Rough 

Other structures

Small hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is at the 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 with two flat sides separated by a ridge.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam.

 Salvia azurea.  Nutlets with a rounded dorsal side.
Salvia azurea. Nutlets with a rounded dorsal side.
 Salvia azurea.  Nutlets with a hilum at the base.
Salvia azurea. Nutlets with a hilum at the base.