Salvia Flower Diagram. The common kitchen herb garden sage Salvia officinalis is actually a type of salvia. Tubular of funnel shaped sometimes two lipped or bilabiate.
Flowers may be unisexual or bisexual bracteate or ebracteate. Labiatae1 Flower of Sage Salvia officinalis. When filaments are very long stamens protrude out of the flower and are termed exserted.
Salvia is excellent example of insect pollination is which pollination occurs by lever or turn pipe mechanism.
Corolla scarlet elongate tubular to 13 inches long ephemeral short-lived upper lobes longer than lower lobes. Paired with Chinese coral cannas or ornamental grasses for a flare in the fall. 4 or 5 sepals. It is central to any investigation into the systematics species distribution or pollination biology of Salvia.