Salvia mexicana
L.
Lamiaceae
Hemistegia mexicana (L.) Raf.
Jungia altissima Moench
Salvia amethystina Salisb.
Salvia lupulina Fernald
Salvia melissifolia Desf.
Salvia nitidifolia Ortega
Salvia papilionacea Cav.
Sclarea mexicana (L.) Mill.
Common Name:
General Information
Salvia mexicana
Also grown as an ornamental for its showy blue flowers[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Southern N. America - through most of Mexico
Habitat
Not known
Properties
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Seeds are used to make a beverage[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
]
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
