Species
Salvia involucrata
Common Name(s)
Rose Leaf Sage
Authority
Salvia involucrata Cav.
Family
Lamiaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites
Habitat
So far known as a garden escape at one site, Auckland Zoo. Here a small number of plants grow along an old garden wall and extend well into a shrubbery. A few grow in wasteland along the Motions Creek where it passes through the zoo grounds.
Flower Colours
Red / Pink
Year Naturalised
2004
Origin
Mexico
Reason For Introduction
Ornamental
Life Cycle Comments
Perennial subshrub to shrub - dies back in cold weather
Reproduction
Appears to be asexual by layering - seed apparently not formed in New Zealand
Seed
Not seen in New Zealand
Dispersal
Spread through garden waste and along water ways, natural spread from established plants is th einitial process followed by accidental or deliberate by fragmentation of plants
Tolerances
Cold sensitive - very drought and shade tolerant
This page last updated on 4 Mar 2010