| Scientific Name: | Salvia guaranitica |
| Common Name: | blue anise sage |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Filler, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Rugose, Ovate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Blue, Violet, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, most blades 10-13cm long x 5-7cm wide, margin crenate, heavily veined; flowers two-lipped, tubular, 4-5cm long, petals 4, dark blue, sepals purple-blue to black. | |