Plant Identification Learning Module:
Flowers and Foliage

Salvia (Salvia spp.)

Salvia is an herbaceous annual ranging from 6 to 36 inches in height, depending on the cultivar. It usually has square stems. Simple leaves are oppositeoval or lanceolateMargins are crenate. Flowers are borne in spikes which may be scarlet, purple, pink, blue, white or yellow.


Red annual salvia plants
Close up of a purple salvia flower
UF/IFAS

Salvia flower and foliage
2008, Scott Zona.