Salvia reflexa
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Salvia reflexa is a perennial subshrub
native to the United States and Mexico and introduced
to Argentina, Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
It reaches 4-28 inches (10-71 cm) in height with small, opposite, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic leaves up to two inches (5 cm) long.
The flowers grow in whorls, and are pale blue to dark blue and bloom from Summer to Autumn. Salvia reflexa is found in pastures and prairies and can be toxic to cattle, sheep and goats due to its accumulation of nitrates. Poisoning is not common, and reported cases are limited to animals eating contaminated hay. Symptoms of toxicity are muscular weakness, diarrhea, and colic.
Subshrub
A subshrub or dwarf shrub is a short woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a similar term.It is distinguished from a shrub by its ground-hugging stems and lower height, with overwintering perennial woody growth typically less than 10–20 cm tall, or by being only weakly woody and/or persisting...
native to the United States and Mexico and introduced
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
to Argentina, Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
It reaches 4-28 inches (10-71 cm) in height with small, opposite, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic leaves up to two inches (5 cm) long.
The flowers grow in whorls, and are pale blue to dark blue and bloom from Summer to Autumn. Salvia reflexa is found in pastures and prairies and can be toxic to cattle, sheep and goats due to its accumulation of nitrates. Poisoning is not common, and reported cases are limited to animals eating contaminated hay. Symptoms of toxicity are muscular weakness, diarrhea, and colic.