Wild Sage Stem Leaves | Wild Sage Bud stem, profile | |||||
Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | ||||
Order: | Mints (Lamiales) | ||||
Family: | Mint (Lamiaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Wild Sage (Salvia verbenaca var verbenaca) | ||||
This Photo: | Bud stem, ~5mm bud length | ||||
Thank you Mark (Vandalsen) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere We found one of these on Ellura and took forever to work it out. In worldwide, it is considered a synonym of Salvia verbanaca. However it's different. It's leaves are not as lobed and wider. It doesn't smell when crushed. It has red tints throughout the stems & leaves. Unfortunately the flower stem was eaten before we could get a photo of the flowers; only managing to photo buds. It is certainly a strong relationship, and a sub-species makes sense to us. But being a synonym doesn't. In the past they have been called "Type A" & "Type B". Now they have names. This sub-species is recognised on the Australian national ANBG/APNI web sites. | |||||
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