Lamiaceae
Azure blue sage
Salvia azurea
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- قصعين لازوردي
- arz
- قصعين لازوردى
- English
- Azure blue sage
- German
- Prärie-Salbei, Spätherbst-Salbei
- Japanese
- サルビア・アズレア
- Slovak
- Šalvia azúrová
Synonyms
- Salvia acuminata Vent.
- Salvia acuminatissima Steud.
- Salvia angustifolia Michx.
- Salvia azurea f. albiflora McGregor
- Salvia azurea subsp. media Epling
- Salvia azurea subsp. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) Epling
- Salvia azurea subsp. typica Epling
- Salvia azurea unranked devilleana Jacob-Makoy
- Salvia azurea var. elata (Poir.) Pursh
- Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth.
- Salvia azurea var. longifolia Trel.
- Salvia azurea var. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) E.Sheld.
- Salvia coriifolia Scheele
- Salvia elata Poir.
- Salvia elongata Torr.
- Salvia mexicana Walter
- Salvia pitcheri Torr. ex Benth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Don Bright, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Robert Hoard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeanene Arrington-Fisher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam J, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: OakleyOriginals, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: laneneely, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark G, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Geest, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.