UBC Botanical Garden

Scientific name: Salvia guaranitica A.St.-Hil. ex Benth. 'Black and Blue'

Common name: anise-scented sage

Family: Lamiaceae (mint family)

Order: Lamiales

Distribution: Garden Origin

Hardiness: -17.8 to -12.2 °C

Life form: Herbaceous Perennial

Description: tall perennial with a running rootstock, forming a wide clump of stems bearing ovate leaves and loose spikes of dark blue flowers 4cm long, each set in black calyx