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Salvia splendens
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. splendens |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvia splendens Sellow ex J.A. Schultes | |
Salvia splendens (scarlet sage, tropical sage) is a tender herbaceous perennial native to Brazil, growing at Template:Convert/to elevation where it is warm year-round and with high humidity. The native plant, rarely seen in cultivation, reaches 1.3 m (4.3 ft) tall. Smaller selections are very popular as bedding plants, seen in shopping malls and public gardens all over the world.[1][2]
Taxonomy
S. splendens was first described and named in 1822. At that time it was given the common name "Lee's scarlet sage". Before the plant was selected to become dwarf in size, an early Dutch selection named 'Van Houttei' was chosen and is still popular in the horticulture trade.[1]
Description
Cultivars
Named cultivars include S. splendens 'Alba', with white flowers; 'Atropurpurea', with dark violet to purple flowers; 'Atrosanguinea', flowers dark red; 'Bicolor', flowers white and red; 'Bruantii', small, with red flowers; 'Compacta', small, flowers in dense racemes, white or red; 'Grandiflora', large, with large red flowers; 'Issanchon', small, with white flowers striped pink to red; 'Nana', an early-flowering cultivar, with red blossoms; 'Scarlet Pygmy', a very dwarf, early flowering seed race with intense scarlet blossoms; 'Semperflorens', continuous flowering; 'Souchetii', small, with white or red flowers; 'St. John's Fire', dwarf plants with dense, abundant, bright red, early-flowering, long-lasting blossoms; and 'Violacea', flowers dark violet to purple.[2] The cultivar 'Van-Houttei'[3] has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. pp. 278–280. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA278.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mark Griffiths, Editor. Index of Garden Plants, 2nd American Edition. (Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1995. ISBN 0-88192-246-3.)
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Salvia splendens 'Van-Houttei'". http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4090. Retrieved 03 July 2013.
Further reading
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Salvia splendens
- UC Berkeley: Observations on Salvia splendens
- Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.
- Interview with Daniel Siebert on S. splendens and S. divinorum
- Template:Plantarium
