Salvia pratensis
Sauges des prés
Meadow Sage
Additional information
| Plant family | |
|---|---|
| Area | Provence Verte |
| Flower colour | blue |
| Flower size | 20-30 mm |
| Flowering months | June, July, August |
| Leaf type | Lanceolate, Elliptic |
| Height | 30-70 cm |
Description
Stems erect, 4 edges, with glandular soft hairs.
Grassy areas, roadsides.
Flowers
Flower stalks are branched, forming a lax spike with whorls of flowers along the stalk. Each whorl carries up to 10 flowers. The petals are irregular, fused, with a long tube and two lips: the upper lip arched, the lower lip three-lobed with a larger central lobe. Sepals covered in white hairs.
Leaves
Elliptic oval leaf, Lanceolate leaf is lance-shaped: long and widest in the middle. Oval to long, pointed, wrinkled, bluntly toothed at the margins, lower leaves larger, 15 cm.
Fruits Seeds
Nut: 4 small nuts enclosed within the calyx.
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