Salvia clevelandii

Species category

Flower, Herb or Spice, Weed

Common name

fragrant 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 2–2.7 mm 
  • Width 1.3–1.6 mm 
  • Thickness 0.8–0.9 mm 

Color

Light brown with black reticulations

Texture

Black stipplesStipples:
Numerous small dots or specks.

Other structures

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.

Identification notes

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

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Salvia clevelandii (A. Gray) Greene

 Salvia clevelandii.  Nutlets that are light brown with black reticulations.
Salvia clevelandii. Nutlets that are light brown with black reticulations.