Family: Lamiaceae
common name: blue sage, blue salvia
Etymology: the genus name was coined from the Latin verb salveo (feel good, healthy star), for herbs and medicinal properties of certain species, particularly S. officinalis. The specific attribute Latin starchy indicates the slight glaucescence and pubescence of the foliage.
the blue salvia is a perennial herb native to Texas and Central America, semirustico, high up to 60-70 cm wide and 35-40 generally grown as an annual in areas with severe winter weather. easily withstand even prolonged periods of drought during the warmer months it is advisable to occasionally watering, waiting for the soil to be dry between waterings. It can be grown in any fertile, well-drained, sunny location that is in partial shade (but requires at least 4-5 hours of direct sunlight a day). Multiply by division of clumps in spring
contrast to many other species of sage, the leaves of sage flour have properties herbs, no smell and are thin and smooth, glossy, oval and narrow, almost lanceolate, 5-6 cm long and 2 wide, opposite and petiolate, margin with dense, pale green, slightly glaucous, with a slight pubescence lower especially at the vein
flowers are typical of Lamiaceae, with corolla bilaba blue-blue, whitish at the base, slightly pubescent near the apex, met in the ear similar to those of lavender, appearing on upright stems and herbaceous from the month of June until the arrival of the first cold. The flowers of this species are very attractive to butterflies and small birds
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