Salvia nutans or nodding sage

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1. Nodding sage (Salvia nutans L.)  

Nodding sage (Salvia nutans) –perennial plant of the wild-cropaceae family (Lamiaceae).Lamiaceae). 

Nodding sage stalks are usually leafless, sporadic. The leaves are developed only rooted, rather large, wrinkled, grayishly swollen, doubly serrated along the edge, with a long petiolate. It has dark blue, sometimes white inflorescences. Two lipped corolla, with an elongated and bent back upper lip. It blooms from May to July. The fruit is a four-nut. One of the most common steppe plants. The plant is quite drought-resistant and frost-resistant.

The author of the text and photo is Ruslana Melnyk

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