Re:Salvia Identification
- To: "m*@ucdavis.edu"
- Subject: Re:Salvia Identification
- From: D* L*
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 12:16 -0700
rriedy wrote:
>Every year about this time, on my way to work I pass a long, west-facing
>wall where an unbelievably beautiful Salvia comes into flower. The
>unbranched stems are about a meter high or slightly less high with lanceolate,
l
>ight green
>leaves. The flowers have very fuzzy (furry), bright violet bracts from
>which pure white flowers emerge. They are fairly closely arranged,
>looking almost raceme-like. Quite stunning. Does anyone know what this is?
I'
>ve not seen
>it in nurseries or in catalogs as far as I know. If it isn't a Salvia,
>it's something that should be.
It sounds like it could be S. leucantha (Mexican Sage)from your description of
the flowers and the bloom time.This is a very frequently seen Salvia here in the
San Francisco Bay Area.
Debprah Lindsay
Oakland, California
