Salvia virgata

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Salvia
Subgenus: S. subg. Sclarea
Sectio: S. sect. Plethiosphace
Species: Salvia virgata
Name

Salvia virgata Jacq., Hort. Vindob. 1: 14, t. 37 1770.
Synonyms

Homotypic
Sclarea virgata (Jacq.) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 152: 22 1983.

Heterotypic
Salvia sibthorpii Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 15 1806.
Salvia campestris M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 20 1808.
Salvia praecox Loisel., Not. Fl. France: 6 1810.
Salvia caduca Vahl ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 30 1813.
Salvia mollis J.Jacq., Ecl. Pl. Rar.: 56 1813.
Salvia gigantea Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 68 1815.
Salvia affinis Spreng. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 724 1821.
Salvia hypanica Andrz. in W.S.J.von Besser, Enum. Pl.: 3 1821.
Salvia caucasica Schrank, Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 58 1826.
Salvia rubra Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 17 1827.
Salvia garganica Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1829: 17 1829.
Salvia amplexicaulis Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 236 1833, not validly publ.
Salvia barrelieri Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 235 1833, not validly publ.
Salvia bauhini Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 235 1833.
Salvia grandidentata Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 15 1833.
Salvia quercifolia Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 235 1833.
Euriples rugosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 94 1837.
Salvia nudicaulis K.Koch, Linnaea 19: 24 1846, nom. illeg.
Salvia oblonga K.Koch, Linnaea 19: 24 1846.
Salvia virgata var. campestris (M.Bieb.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 570 1881.
Salvia virgata var. garganica (Ten.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 570 1881.
Salvia utilis Braun ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 367 1892.
Salvia similata Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 11: 36 1897.
Salvia virgata f. campestris (M.Bieb.) E.Peter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 184 1936.
Salvia extersa Klokov, Fl. RSS Ukr. 9: 654 (1960).
Sclarea sibthorpii (Sm.) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 152: 22 1983.}}

References

Eiji, S. & Salmaki, Y. 2016. Evolution of trichomes and its systematic significance in Salvia (Mentheae; Nepetoideae; Lamiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 180(2): 241–257. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12367 Reference page.
Celep, F., Doğan, M. & Kahraman, A. 2010. Re-evaluated conservation status of Salvia (sage) in Turkey I: The Mediterranean and the Aegean geographic regions. Turkish Journal of Botany 34(3): 201–214. DOI: 10.3906/bot-0902-17 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Salvia virgata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 February 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Salvia virgata. Published online. Accessed: 17 February 2018.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Transcaucasus
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Salvia virgata (wand sage, southern meadow sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Asia and southeastern Europe. It is considered a noxious weed in many parts of the world.[1]

S. virgata is sometimes included within Salvia pratensis. Flowers grow in whorls of 4–6 with a blue-violet corolla (rarely white) that is 1 to 2 centimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in) long. The ovate to oblong leaves are dull green on the top surface, with the underside covered with glands and thick hairs.[2]
Notes

"Salvia virgata". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 13 March 2012.
DiTomaso, Joseph M.; Healy, Evelyn A. (2007). WEEDS OF CALIFORNIA AND OTHER WESTERN STATES, Volume 1. ANR Publications. pp. 885–889. ISBN 9781879906693.