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Salvia azurea var. grandiflora

Species category

Weed

Common name

pitcher 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

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
 with two flat sides

Size

  • Length 3.5 mm
  • Width 2.5 mm
  • Thickness 2 mm

Color

Olive-green with darker veins

Texture

Moderately rough with faint vein grooves

Other structures

Single round scar on base of ridge connects flat surfaces.

Identification notes

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).
 may be considered slightly obovoid. Only one scar between the two flat surfaces.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth.

Synonyms

Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. ssp. intermedia Epling
Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. ssp. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) Epling
Salvia pitcheri Torr. ex Benth.

From Left to Right: 1. Salvia azurea var. grandiflora 2. Dracocephalum parviflorum 3. Salvia reflexa 4 . Nepeta cataria 5. Monarda punctata 6. Mentha arvensis . Nutlets with only one scar between the two flat surfaces.
From Left to Right: 1. Salvia azurea var. grandiflora 2. Dracocephalum parviflorum 3. Salvia reflexa 4. Nepeta cataria 5. Monarda punctata 6. Mentha arvensis. Nutlets with only one scar between the two flat surfaces.