Salvia chionophylla
| Salvia chionophylla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. chionophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvia chionophylla Fernald | |
Salvia chionophylla is a low-growing evergreen perennial native to a small area in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. First described in 1907 by Merritt Lyndon Fernald, it was only seen in horticulture beginning around 1996. It is a trailing plant that spreads by rooting at its nodes, producing more trailing stems, with small rounded dove-gray leaves about .5 in long, evenly spaced along the stem. The small blue flowers are less than .25 in long on short inflorescences with whorls of 2-6 flowers.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9.