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Salvia

Summary 4

Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 700–900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of several genera commonly referred to as sage.

Description 5

Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Inflorescence a spike, raceme or panicle; flowers in 2-many-flowered whorls; bracts usually reduced, rarely similar to the upper leaves. Calyx 2-lipped; upper lip entire or 3-toothed, the central tooth often shorter or obsolete; lower lip equally 3-toothed, longer than the upper. Corolla 2-lipped; tube usually enlarging towards the throat; upper lip usually longer than lower, usually concave and ± flattened; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, the central lobe usually much larger than the 2 lateral. Stamens 2, ascending; staminodes 2, small and usually inconspicuous. Style included or exserted.  Readily recognised by the combination of ascending stamens and the number of stamens (2).

Selected species and their uses 6

Many species are used as herbs, as ornamental plants (usually for flower interest), and sometimes for their ornamental and aromatic foliage. A selection of some well known species is below.

Salvia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species including the bucculatricid leaf-miner Bucculatrix taeniola which feeds exclusively on the genus and the Coleophora case-bearers C. aegyptiacae, C. salviella (both feed exclusively on S. aegyptiaca), C. ornatipennella and C. virgatella (both recorded on S. pratensis).

Fuentes y créditos

  1. Stickpen, sin restricciones conocidas de derechos (dominio publico), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvia-ecuador.jpg
  2. (c) jacki dougan, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/96456350@N00/3529659903
  3. (c) KENPEI, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvia_azurea2.jpg
  4. Adaptado por Jaishneel Raj del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia
  5. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/19230267
  6. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia

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