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Salvia subgen. Perovskia
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Salvia subgen. Perovskia

Perovskia

Salvia subgenus Perovskia is a group of species within the flowering plant genus Salvia, which prior 2017 were treated as the separate genus Perovskia. Members of the group are native to southwestern and central Asia. It includes the garden plant Russian sage (Salvia × floriferior).

The subgenus and former genus are named after the Russian general V. A. Perovski (1794-1857).

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9 branches of this group, most-observed first

Swanleaf Clouding Sage

speciesSalvia yangii

Russian Sage

hybridSalvia × floriferior

Clouding Sage

speciesSalvia abrotanoides

Salvia scrophulariifolia

speciesSalvia scrophulariifolia

Transoxian Clouding Sage

speciesSalvia karelinii

Salvia bungei

speciesSalvia bungei

Salvia kudrjaschevii

speciesSalvia kudrjaschevii

Dashti-Djum Clouding Sage

speciesSalvia klokovii

Salvia pobedimovae

speciesSalvia pobedimovae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133401.