''Salvia cyanescens'' is a perennial shrub in the

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...

family. It is native to Iran and Turkey, and was introduced to horticulture in 1959. It freely hybridizes in its native habitat with ''

Salvia candidissima ''Salvia candidissima'', the blazing white sage, is a herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and bienni ...

''. In mild climates it is evergreen, growing into 1 ft clumps. The gray-green leaves are 2 in long by 1 in wide and covered with hairs. It blooms in summer and late autumn, with delicate 1 in purple-violet flowers growing on 1 ft candelabra-like inflorescences. The epithet, ''cyanescens'', means 'bluish', which is not entirely accurate regarding the flower.

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cyanescens Flora of Iran Flora of Turkey Plants described in 1859 Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Benjamin Balansa {{Salvia-stub