PLANTS Profile for Salvia coccinea (blood sage)

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PLANTS Profile

Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger
blood sage

Symbol:

SACO5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N

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Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger

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Distribution:
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, OH, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 95 species in Salvia

Classification:
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus	Salvia L. – sage
Species	Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger – blood sage

Introduced Information:
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32682.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 07:24 PM MDT