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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia urticifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia urticifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-003:
Salvia urticifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia urticifolia
COMMON NAME:
Nettleleaf Sage
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_saur_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm190414_7418
April Oconee County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_salvia_urticifolia_5
April
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1221876725189116
May Granville County NC
Upper lip hood-like, shorter than the broad, white-striped lower lip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120525_463
May Oconee County SC
The cauline leaves are sharp-pointed at the apex & there are no basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120525_467
May Oconee County SC
Stem leaves 2-3" long w winged stalks, toothed & rhombic-ovate to deltoid, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120525_470
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120525_479
May Oconee County SC
Calyx 5-10mm long, upper lip 3-toothed, lower 2-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120525_484
May Oconee County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_salvia_urticifolia_2
May
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JK Marlow jkm0406k_12
June Oconee County SC
Inflorescence is a terminal raceme with 6-10 flowers per node, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0506i_30
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_982
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_982b
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_994
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220702_8864
July Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220702_8867
July Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220702_8868
July Oconee County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia urticifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia urticifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-003:
Salvia urticifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia urticifolia
2082
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands and glades, usually over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-toothed calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla
2 fertile exserted stamens & some sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p407
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p242
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p227
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p269
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p147
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