| Scientific Name: | Salvia farinacea (incl. hybrids) |
| Common Name: | mealy-cup sage |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Bedding plant, Container planting, Filler, Group or mass planting, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems 4-sided; leaves opposite, lanceolate (species) to ovate, most blades 5-10cm long x 2-4cm wide, margin irregularly crenate-serrate, shiny, drooping; spike-like verticillasters 10-20cm long, flowers two-lipped, tubular, violet-blue (purple, lavender, white and bicolor cvs.), calyx with powdery white felted hairs ("mealy cup"), Jul-Oct. | |