Salvia scabiosifolia update

 Thanks to all the clarifications of salvia scabiosifolia.  I suspect that
 some people who replied do not usually post so it was good to bring some of
 you out of the woods.

 Now the trouble is I have two different explanations.   The plant I have
 seems to agree with Flora Europea.  Which is correct?


 Flora Europea Volume 3
 S. scabiosifolia Lam.
 Herb 20-50 cm, woody at base. Stems much-branched, ascending, patent-villous,
 eglandular. Leaves, pinnate or pinnatisect, petiolate, with many pairs of
 linear or oblong lateral segments and a larger terminal segment.
 Verticillasters with 6-10 flowers. Calyx 10-15 mm, accrescent. Corolla 25-30
 mm, violet-blue or violet. Krym (Crimea) and N. Bulgaria.

  Jelitto & Schacht page 571 has the following information on Salvia
 scabiosifolia:

 "NE. Bulgaria, S. Russia. Crimea. Stems woody, often reddish at the
 base, 30 cm high, procumbent-ascending in a loose clump, well-branched,
 softly white hairy to woolly, as are the closely-spaced leaves. Leaves
 pinnate, with 3-8 pairs of linear leaflets, or deeply pinnate-lobed,
 lobes linear-oblong. Inflorescences racemose with 4-6 flowered whorls,
 flowers  large, white, pink-blushed, upper lip pubescent, lower lip
 4-lobed sinuate. Attractive, bushy  growing species for the larg rock
 or natural garden. Zone 6(5)."

 Index of Garden Plants by Mark Griffiths says "white, flecked violet to
 purple, summer."

 Is anyone growing the pink blushed white?

 Thanks,  Sue Templeton
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