Salvia cyanescens is a perennial shrub in the Lamiaceae family.[1] It is native to Iran and Turkey, and was introduced to horticulture in 1959. It freely hybridizes in its native habitat with Salvia candidissima.

Salvia cyanescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. cyanescens
Binomial name
Salvia cyanescens

In mild climates it is evergreen, growing into 1 ft clumps. The gray-green leaves are 2 in long by 1 in wide and covered with hairs. It blooms in summer and late autumn, with delicate 1 in purple-violet flowers growing on 1 ft candelabra-like inflorescences. The epithet, cyanescens, means 'bluish', which is not entirely accurate regarding the flower.[2]

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  1. ^ "Salvia cyanescens Boiss. & Balansa". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9.