Salvia iodantha

Salvia iodantha is a herbaceous perennial native to the mountains of central Mexico, growing between 2,600 and 10,500 ft elevation.[1] It was described by Merritt Lyndon Fernald in 1900 and began appearing in horticulture in the 1980s.

Salvia iodantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. iodantha
Binomial name
Salvia iodantha
Synonyms
  • Salvia arbuscula Fernald
  • Salvia michoacana Fernald

A very robust plant, Salvia iodantha grows to 10 ft or more in height and 6 ft or more in width. Its stems tend to be scandent, often growing into the branches of trees, with its own flowering branches hanging from the tree's limbs. Numerous branches grow from the base of the plant, covered in ovoid or lanceolate mistletoe-green leaves that vary in size and shape—they average about 2–3 in long and 1–1.5 in wide. The flowers are cyclamen-purple, with many fine hairs giving them a velvety texture. The less than 1 in long flowers are not showy by themselves, but the 6 in inflorescences bloom so profusely that the plant is extremely showy. The flowers are tightly packed in whorls, 12 flowers to a whorl, and the whorls are close together on each inflorescence.[2]

Notes
  1. "Salvia iodantha Fernald | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9.


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