Pitcher Sage

Plant Profile
	Common Name: Pitcher Sage Other Names: Blue Sage, Azure Sage, Azure Blue Sage Species Name: Salvia azurea Plant Type: Forb Family Name: Lamiaceae, Mint Family

Plant Profile

Common Name: Pitcher Sage

Other Names: Blue Sage, Azure Sage, Azure Blue Sage

Species Name: Salvia azurea

Plant Type: Forb

Family Name: Lamiaceae, Mint Family

Plant Facts
Origin	Native
Duration	Perennial
Distribution in the U.S.	Southeastern quarter and extends as far west as the Rocky Mountains and Northern Mexico
Distribution in Oklahoma	Throughout the state

ID Characteristics

Field Identification Characteristics
Vegetative
- Tall, unbranched gray-green square stems
- Opposite leaves with two much smaller leaves joining above larger, obvious pair
- Large leaves slightly serrated
Floral
- Flowers in clusters along upper part of stem above leaves; blue in color
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Leaf Type: Simple
- Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
- Leaf Shape: Linear
- Stipules: Absent
Floral Characteristics
- Petal Number: 5, fused
- Flower Color: Blue
- Flower Timing: May-October
- Fruit Type: Nutlets

Habitat/Ecology
Soil Type	Clay, loam and sandy soils
Habitat	Scattered plants in the tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies, in glades, along forest edges and along roadsides
Successional Stage	Late

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