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Thursday, 27 April 2017

FFF283 - AZURE SAGE

Salvia azurea, the azure blue sage, azure sage, blue sage or prairie sage, is a herbaceous perennial in the genus Salvia, family Lamiaceae, that is native to Central and Eastern North America.

 Its thin, upright stems can grow to 1.8 m tall, with narrow, pointed, smooth-edged to serrated, furry to smooth green leaves, connected to their stems by petioles to 1.0 cm long. There are no basal leaves. The blue flowers (rarely white), nearly 6.4 to 12.7 mm

 The blue (rarely white), flowers  nearly 6.4 to 12.7 mm long, appear summer to autumn near the ends of their branched or unbranched spikes; their calyxes are tubular or bell-shaped and furry. Two varieties are Salvia azurea var. azurea (azure sage) and Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (pitcher sage). It is found on the wild on roadsides, glades, fields and pastures.
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8 comments:

  1. Mascha27 April 2017 at 08:47

    The blue flower of romanticism...

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  2. Anonymous28 April 2017 at 00:41

    Hello Nick,
    WOW, what wonderful blue blossoms!
    Have a nice weekend,
    moni

    http://wwww.reflexionblog.de

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  3. Elke28 April 2017 at 03:41

    Hello Nick,
    Wow,what an intense blue color this flower has.
    Have a nice weekend-
    Elke
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    https://promocia.wordpress.com/

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  4. Jeevan28 April 2017 at 10:37

    Beautiful capture on the pretty wild flowers!

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  5. isabella kramer - veredit29 April 2017 at 00:00

    Hi Nick,
    what a magical dark glowing in this lovely flowers!
    Wish you a great weekend.

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  6. Daniela29 April 2017 at 02:59

    Thanks most sincerely for hosting, I'm here for the first time and I'm following you with joy !
    Wishing you a lovely end of your week

    XOXO Daniela at - My little old world -

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  7. Kristin Aquariann29 April 2017 at 12:53

    Pretty petals! Thanks for hosting.

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  8. Klara S6 May 2017 at 14:02

    BB- beautiful blue! Thank you for hosting and enjoy your week.

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