Sage weed (Salvia plebeia)
Description
Salvia plebeia is an annual or biennial herb that is native to a wide region of Asia. It grows on hillsides, streamsides, and wet fields from sea level to 2,800 m 9,200 ft. S. plebeia grows on erect stems to a height of 15 to 90 cm 5.9 to 35.4 in tall, with elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate leaves. Inflorescences are 6-flowered verticillasters in racemes or panicles, with a distinctly small corolla 4.5 mm (0.18 in that comes in a wide variety of colors: reddish, purplish, purple, blue-purple, to blue, and rarely white.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Lamiaceae
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Genus: Salvia
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