A Salvia splendens bush with spikes of red inflorescences

Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage)


This plant is a perennial subshrub in the mint family native to southeastern Brazil. Its upright stems carry opposite green leaves with toothed margins. Tubular flowers grow in whorls along dense, spike-like terminal racemes. The colorful calyces remain after the corollas fall. The species is also known as scarlet sage. Photographed in Pereira, Colombia.

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A vivid red Salvia splendens flower with a long tubular shape and protruding stamens, illuminated against a dark black background
Two purple Salvia splendens flowers extend from dark calyces in sunlight
Purple-red Salvia splendens flowers with dark purple sepals
Salvia splendens pink tubular flower extending from pale pink calyces on an upright spike
Salvia splendens dark purple tubular flowers with projecting pale stamens and hairy purple calyces
Salvia splendens scarlet tubular flowers and broad red calyces on a dense upright spike
Salvia splendens inflorescence with salmon-colored flowers and orange sepals
Salvia splendens purple tubular flowers with projecting pale stamens among hairy purple calyces
Salvia splendens purple tubular flower with projecting white stamens below hairy purple calyces
Salvia splendens orange-red tubular flowers with broad red calyces on an upright flowering stem
Salvia splendens dense spike of scarlet tubular flowers and red calyces above toothed green leaves
Salvia splendens scarlet flower spikes among green leaves and cream-colored flower spikes
Salvia splendens has tall red flower spikes among broad green leaves
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