Taxon: Salvia azurea Lam.

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See also subordinate taxa:

• Salvia azurea var. azurea (no accessions)
• Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (13 accessions)

Common names:

• azure sage   (Source: F NC Tex ) – English   [Salvia azurea var. grandiflora]
  
• azure-blue sage   (Source: F Florida ) – English
  
• blue sage   (Source: F Missouri ) – English   [Salvia azurea var. grandiflora]
  
• blue sage   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• blue sage   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English   [Salvia azurea var. azurea]
  
• pitcher sage   (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat ) – English   [Salvia azurea var. grandiflora]
  
• sauge azurée   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French   [Salvia azurea var. grandiflora]
  
• blauer Salbei   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German   [Salvia azurea var. azurea]
  
• azursalvia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska [s.], Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina [s.], South Carolina, Tennessee [w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist.
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1975. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salvia azurea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Salvia azurea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salvia azurea.

Synonyms:

• Salvia pitcheri Torr. ex Benth. [= Salvia azurea var. grandiflora]
  

Check other web resources for Salvia azurea Lam.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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