Salvia splendens
Common name
Bedding Salvia
Family
Lamiaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Year naturalised
2006
Origin
Brazil
Etymology
splendens: Splendid
Reason For Introduction
Horticultural
Life Cycle Comments
Annual to short-lived perennial
Reproduction
Exclusively by seed
Seed
Numerous, fine, long-lived in seed bank
Dispersal
Animal, water and gravity dispersed.
Tolerances
Cold sensitive.