Salvia villosa
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Salvia villosa is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the Mexican states of San Luis Potosi
and Coahuila
, growing at approximately 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) elevation in dry areas that have little or no frost.
Salvia villosa is a low mounding plant with a dainty appearance that eventually reaches 1 to 1.5 ft (0.3048 to 0.4572 m) tall and wide. Blue-green leaves grow up to 1 inches (2.5 cm) long, growing upright on the stems and covering the plant. The leaves and their margins are covered with short hairs, giving the plant its specific epithet, villosa, or "hairy". The inflorescences are 8 inches (20.3 cm) long, thin and wiry, with verticils that have two to six bright violet-blue flowers. The flowers are very small, less than 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) long, with a white beeline on the lower lip that leads into the throat. It never blooms profusely, but consistently puts out a few flowers from spring to autumn.
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
and Coahuila
Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...
, growing at approximately 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) elevation in dry areas that have little or no frost.
Salvia villosa is a low mounding plant with a dainty appearance that eventually reaches 1 to 1.5 ft (0.3048 to 0.4572 m) tall and wide. Blue-green leaves grow up to 1 inches (2.5 cm) long, growing upright on the stems and covering the plant. The leaves and their margins are covered with short hairs, giving the plant its specific epithet, villosa, or "hairy". The inflorescences are 8 inches (20.3 cm) long, thin and wiry, with verticils that have two to six bright violet-blue flowers. The flowers are very small, less than 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) long, with a white beeline on the lower lip that leads into the throat. It never blooms profusely, but consistently puts out a few flowers from spring to autumn.