Hummingbird Sage, Anise-Scented Sage (Salvia Guaranitica)

**Scientific Classification**
Kingdom:	*Plantae*
Division:	*Magnoliophyta*
Class:	*Magnoliopsida*
Order:	*Lamiales*
Family:	*Lamiaceae*
Genus:	*Salvia*
Species:	*Salvia Guaranitica*

Description

Salvia guaranitica (Anise-scented sage or Hummingbird sage) is a species of sage native to South America, including Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. It is a perennial subshrub growing 1-3 m tall. The leaves are ovate, 4-13 cm long, mint green, and anise-scented when crushed. The inflorescences are up to 25 cm long, with each flower 3-5 cm long in varying shades of blue, with a dark basal calyx 10-12 mm long. Flowering begins in mid summer and continues till mid autumn.

Cultivation

Salvia guaranitica is a popular ornamental plant in mild areas where the temperature does not fall below 12 °C. It grows in either full or three quarter sunlight, in well drained soil. Numerous cultivars have been selected, including 'Argentine Skies' (pale blue flowers), 'Black and Blue' (very dark violet blue calyx), 'Blue Enigma', 'Blue Ensign' (large blue flowers), and 'Purple Splendor'.

Native Flowers Menu

(Anemone Trifolia) Pennywort, Kidneywort, Liverwort (Anemone Hepatica) Poppy Anemone (Anemone Coronaria) Snowdrop Windflower, Wood Anemone (Anemone Sylvestis) Windflower, European Thimbleweed, Smell Fox (Anemone Nemorosa) Yellow Wood Anemone, Yellow Anemone, Buttercup Anemone (Anemone Ranunculoides) (Allamanda Angustifolia) Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus Bulbosus) Bush Allamanda (Allamanda Schottii or Allamanda Neriifolia) Buttercups, Spearworts, Water Crowfoots (Ranunculus) Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus Repens) Golden Trumpet (Allamanda Cathartica) Glacier Buttercup, Glacier Crowfoot (Ranunculus Glacialis) Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus Ficaria, Ficaria Grandiflora, Ficaria Verna) Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus Acris) Persian Buttercup (Ranunculus Asiaticus) Pond Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus Peltatus) Purple Allamanda, Violet Allamanda (Allamanda Blanchetii or Allamanda Violacea) Pygmy Buttercup, Dwarf Buttercup (Raninculus Pygmaeus) Devil's Tobacco, Tabaco del Diablo (Lobelia Tupa) Fairy Lily, White Rain Lily, August Rain Lily, White Zephyr Lily, Peruvian Swamp-Lily, Zephyr Flower, Autumn Zephyr Lily (Zephyranthes Candida) Pearl Lupin, Andean Lupin, South American Lupin, Tarwi, Tarhui, Chocho, Altramuz (Lupinus Mutabilis) Four-O-Clock Flower, Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis Jalapa) Beach Morning Glory, Goat's Foot (Ipomoea Pes-Caprae) Fire Vine, Spanish Flag (Ipomoea Versicolor) Hummingbird Vine, Cypress Vine, Star Glory (Ipomoea Quamoclit) Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea Alba) Morning Glory (Calystegia, Convolvulus, Ipomoea, Merremia, Rivea) (Rivea Corymbosa or Turbina Corymbosa) Scarlet Creeper, Scarlet Morning Glory, Ivy-Leaf Morning Glory, Star Ipomoea, Trompillo (Ipomoea Hederifolia or Ipomoea Coccinea) Sweet Potato, Yam (Ipomoea Batatas) Canary Creeper, Canarybird Flower, Canarybird Vine, Canary Nasturtium (Tropaeolum Peregrinum) Garden Nasturium, Indian Cress (Tropaeolum Majus) Mashua, Anu (Tropaeolum Tubersum) Nasturium (Tropaeolum) Moss Rose, Moss-Rose Purslane (Portulaca Grandiflora) Purslane(Portulaca) Hummingbird Sage, Anise-Scented Sage (Salvia Guaranitica) Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage (Salvia Splendens) Begonia Brazilian Vervain (Verbena Brasiliensis) Elephant Ear, Heart of Jesus, Angel Wings (Caladium) Petunia Whiteweed (Ageratum)