Pitcher Sage
Plant Profile | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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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