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Salvia 'Hot Lips' NB: Not native to Australia where this specimen was seen. Salvia microphylla is a bushy plant, growing to about 100 x 100 cm, with small, ovate, aromatic green leaves. Flowers are borne in loose terminal racemes. Each flower 1 cm.  Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Lamiaceae,Lamiales,Macro,Salvia microphylla,botany,flora,flower,plant,red,red flowers,salvia Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Salvia 'Hot Lips'

NB: Not native to Australia where this specimen was seen. Salvia microphylla is a bushy plant, growing to about 100 x 100 cm, with small, ovate, aromatic green leaves. Flowers are borne in loose terminal racemes. Each flower 1 cm.

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"Salvia microphylla" is a perennial shrub found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico. It is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s.

Similar species: Lamiales
Species identified by Ruth Spigelman
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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded Sep 3, 2018. Captured Apr 24, 2018 11:16 in 35 Bruce St, Cooks Hill NSW 2300, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/664s
  • ISO1000
  • 100mm