Salvia subgenus Perovskia is a group of species within the flowering plant genus Salvia, which prior 2017 were treated as the separate genus Perovskia. Members of the group are native to southwestern and central Asia. It includes the garden plant Russian sage (Salvia ÃÂ floriferior).
The subgenus and former genus are named after the Russian general V. A. Perovski (1794-1857).
Species
- Salvia abrotanoides <small>(Kar.) Systma</small> – Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, western Himalayas of northern India
- Salvia bungei <small>J.G.González</small>, formerly Perovskia virgata <small>Kudrjasch.</small> – Tajikistan
- Salvia karelinii <small>J.B.Walker</small>, formerly Perovskia angustifolia <small>Kudrjasch.</small> – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Salvia klokovii <small>J.B.Walker</small>, formerly Perovskia linczevskii <small>Kudrjasch.</small> – Tajikistan
- Salvia kudrjaschevii (<small>Gorschk. & Pjataeva) Systma</small> – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
- Salvia pobedimovae <small>J.G.González</small>, formerly Perovskia botschantzevii <small>Kovalevsk & Kochk.</small> – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- Salvia scrophulariifolia <small>(Bunge) B.T.Drew</small> – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Salvia yangii <small>B.T.Drew</small> – Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas, Tibet, Xinjiang
Hybrids
- Salvia ÃÂ floriferior <small>Dolat. & Ziel.</small> – so-called "Russian sage", also referred to as Perovskia ÃÂ hybrida (unplaced taxon) and its synonym Perovskia ÃÂ superba in Europe and Russia: (S. abrotanoides ÃÂ S. yangii)
- Perovskia ÃÂ intermedia <small>Lazkov</small> – Kyrgyzstan: (S. abrotanoides ÃÂ S. karelinii)
Cultivation
Plants in cultivation are almost all hybrids, including Salvia 'Blue Spire', which is very likely Salvia ÃÂ floriferior, a naturally occurring hybrid between the entire-leaved Salvia yangii and Salvia abrotanoides. The leaves of this breed have long narrow teeth (i.e. are laciniate), unlike S. yangii which has entire leaves with shallow teeth.
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