Mexican bush sage

Salvia leucantha

''Salvia leucantha'', the Mexican bush sage, is a herbaceous perennial that is native to subtropical and tropical conifer forests in central and eastern Mexico. The flowers are usually white, emerging from coloured bracts. It is not frost hardy, but is often grown in warmer latitudes for its prominent arching velvety blue or purple inflorescences.
Salvia leucantha A native to Mexico, this specimen seen in a private garden to the west of Sydney. Velvety, purple flowers. Native habitat is warm and similar to this part of Australia which is temperate, so this plant does well here and can often be seen flowering all year round. 1 x 1 metre Australia,Flora,Flowers,Geotagged,Lamiaceae,Lamiales,Mexican Sage,New South Wales,Salvia leucantha,botany,plant,purple flowers,winter

Appearance

It grows up to 1.3 m high and 2 m wide, with numerous erect stems, often arching at their tips, and with long inflorescences. The linear-lanceolate leaves are a soft mid-green, with whitish, hairy undersides.
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Naming

The name ''Salvia'' was derived from Latin, meaning ‘healer’. This is the old name for sage with medicinal properties, and is a cognate with the word ‘salve’.

''Leucantha'' is derived from Greek, meaning ‘white-flowered’.

Uses

A recent analysis of the essential oil of ''S. leucantha'' found it to be rich in the sesquiterpene hydrocarbons ; β-caryophyllene, α-guaiene, ''cis''-muurola-3,5-diene, germacrene D, and bicyclogermacrene. Bornyl acetate constituted 23.9% of the oil.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyLamiaceae
GenusSalvia
SpeciesS. leucantha
Photographed in
Australia
United States of America