Swanleaf Clouding Sage
Salvia yangii
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Dry scrubland
- Range
- Central Asia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The Swanleaf Clouding Sage is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant and subshrub that typically reaches 0.5 to 1.2 meters tall. Its flowers, arranged in showy, branched panicles, are a striking blue to violet color, and they emit a distinctive odor when crushed.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
- Species
- Salvia yangii