Salvia serotina
| Salvia serotina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. serotina |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvia serotina | |
Salvia serotina (Littlewoman) is a herbaceous annual that is native to Florida, Bermuda, the West Indies, and Mexico south through Panama, growing on moist ground and as a weed in cultivated fields. It is a trailing or bushy plant reaching 18 in (46 cm) tall, with aromatic broadly ovate leaves that have scalloped edges, .5 to 1.5 in (1.3 to 3.8 cm) long and .375 to .75 in (0.95 to 1.91 cm) wide. The flowers are blue and white.[1][2]
Notes
- ↑ Roger, L. Hammer; Roger L. Hammer (2002). Everglades wildflowers: a field guide to wildflowers of the historic Everglades, including Big Cypress, Corkscrew, and Fakahatchee swamps. Guilford, Conn: Globe Pequot Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-7627-1089-6.
- ↑ "Salvia serotina". USDA Plants Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
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