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Salvia sclarea
cleareye
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; occasionally escaping in parts of western, central, and eastern North America.

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, and other disturbed areas.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Growth Duration: Biennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, hummingbirds

Description:
General:

Coarse, spreading-hairy biennial, the stem 5-15 dm. tall, freely-branched; many of the hairs gland-tipped.

Leaves:

Leaves opposite, the lowermost long-petiolate, wrinkled, ovate to ovate-oblong, toothed or doubly toothed, the blade 7-20 cm. long; cauline leaves reduced upward and with shorter petioles, often few.

Flowers:

Branches with scattered verticels of flowers subtended by conspicuous bracts 1-3 cm. long with a tail, often dry and purplish; calyx glandular and hairy, the upper lip with bristle-tipped, lateral teeth 1.5-3 mm. long well separated from the shorter, central tooth; corolla bilabiate, blue or white, often marked with yellow, 1.5-3 cm. long, the upper lip arched, somewhat hooded, longer than the tube and 3-lobed lower lip; stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip, exerted.

Fruits:

Nutlets 4.

Accepted Name:
Salvia sclarea L.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 27. 1753.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Salvia sclarea in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Salvia sclarea checklist entry

OregonFlora: Salvia sclarea information

E-Flora BC: Salvia sclarea atlas page

CalPhotos: Salvia sclarea photos

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