Re: Mystery plant (Jeanne's)
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Mystery plant (Jeanne's)
- From: N* S*
- Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 13:05:36 -0800
>>Here is the description of Salvia hians (or parts of it, at least)....
>>Unfortunately, I can't tell you what all of the descriptive words mean.
Let's see if I can help....
>Usually lanceolate in shape, with a petiole as long as the blade itself.
Okay, the leaf is long and slender, shaped like a lance (a sword) rather
than being wide. Penstemon leaves tend to be lanceloate as well.
The petiole is the stalk of the leaf.
> Whorls of only a few dusky violet flowers are airily spaced towards the top
>of the stem.
Whorls of flowers are flowers that encircle the stem (ie. instead of being
to one side or opposite the sides of the stem). This kind of flower
structure is typical of salvias, phlomis, etc.
>The calyx is frequently less than 0.5 in in length
The calyx is made up of sepals, the leaf-like structures that lie just
beneath each petal, and often touching the petals. With salvias, petals
appear to be inserted into the calyx (plural is calices if I recall
corectly).
So s. hians has long narrow leaves, the petiole is as long as the blade
portion of the leaf. The stems of the plant have a vew circles of flowers
towards the tip.
The each individual flower is inserted into a calyx that is about a half
inch long
Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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