Blood sage
Salvia coccinea Buc'hoz ex Etl.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 53 cm
Lamiaceae
Also called Red sage
Formerly Horminum coccineum, Salvia filamentosa, Salvia galeottii, Salvia glaucescens, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. U.S.A. to N. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 76 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Niuean
- momili
- Tongan
- teʻekosi
- Chinese
- 朱唇, 紅花鼠尾草
- Simplified Chinese
- 小红花, 朱唇
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Salvia coccinea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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