Salvia splendens

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

scarlet 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 2.8–3.2 mm 
  • Width 1.6–2 mm 
  • Thickness 0.9–1.2 mm 

Color

Light brown with dense black mottling

Texture

Rough and granularGranular:
Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.

Other structures

The hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is on a truncated base. The apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
is often lumpy.

Identification notes

Both dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
and ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
sides are rounded.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Salvia splendens Sellow ex Roem. & Schult.

 Salvia splendens . Nutlets with a lumpy apex and a hilum on a truncated base.
Salvia splendens. Nutlets with a lumpy apex and a hilum on a truncated base.