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Accession Data:

Salvia discolor Kunth

  • subg. Calosphace sect. Discolores

  • Common Name: Andean Silver Leaf
  • Family: Lamiaceae Lindl.

  • Country of Origin: Peru

  • USDA Zone: 9-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100043
  • Source: Cheryl Hearty - Vassar College
  • Accession Date: 03-30-2001
  • Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • SubFamily: Nepetoideae
  • Tribe: Mentheae
  • SubTribe: Salviinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 09 August, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 09 August, 2019.
  3. BGCI Plant Search. Last accessed on Friday, 09 August, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:33:59 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Lamioideae
Tribe Pogostemoneae

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  • Pogostemon heyneanus
  • Rostrinucula dependens

Subfamily Lamioideae
Tribe Stachydeae

  • Stachys byzantina

Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae

  • Lycopinae: Lycopus europaeus
  • Menthinae: Thymus kotschyanus
  • Prunellinae: Prunella grandiflora
  • Salviinae: Rosmarinus officinalis
  • Salviinae: Salvia discolor
  • Salviinae: Salvia microphylla
  • Salviinae: Salvia officinalis
  • Salviinae: Salvia pinguifolia

Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Ocimeae

  • Lavandulinae: Lavandula angustifolia
  • Lavandulinae: Lavandula dentata
  • Ociminae: Ocimum tenuiflorum
  • Plectranthinae: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Plectranthinae: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Plectranthinae: Plectranthus amboinicus
  • Plectranthinae: Plectranthus neochilus
  • Plectranthinae: Plectranthus saccatus
  • Plectranthinae: Tetradenia riparia

Subfamily Prostantheroideae
Tribe Westringieae

  • Prostanthera rotundifolia
  • Westringia fruticosa

Subfamily Scutellarioideae

  • Holmskioldia sanguinea
  • Scutellaria alpina
  • Scutellaria argentata
  • Scutellaria javanica
  • Scutellaria purpurascens subsp. verecunda W/C
  • Scutellaria tuberosa W/C

Subfamily Symphorematoideae

  • Congea tomentosa

Subfamily Viticoideae

  • Gmelina philippensis
  • Vitex agnus-castus
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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