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giant blue sage

Salvia azurea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 245, February 234, March 266, April 505, May 309, June 150, July 135, August 139, September 670, October 636, November 230, December 223.
United States8,596
Texas3,341
Kansas1,093
Oklahoma846
Missouri752
Nebraska383
Alabama348
Arkansas297
Illinois278
Louisiana241

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusSages · Salvia

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