Plant Identification: SOLVED: Salvia or what?

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Dinu Mysore India (Zone 10a) February 11, 2002 8:31 AM Post #22917	The flower is much smaller than Salvia, the plant has a hairy stem, squarish. The infolrescence is similar to salvia. Help me know its name, please. Click the image for an enlarged view.
Baa February 11, 2002 9:22 AM Post #209104	It is a Salvia although what species I don't know for sure, perhaps a form of S. greggii
Calalily Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a) February 11, 2002 10:06 PM Post #209447	Does it spread by stolons? It could be "salvia darcyi"
Dinu Mysore India (Zone 10a) February 12, 2002 4:52 AM Post #209693	What are 'stolons'? They seem to spread the seeds on its own and I have seen little plants around the mother-plant.
Baa February 12, 2002 10:00 AM Post #209712	Stolons are stems which produce plantlets, like a strawberry runner, which are horizontal so the plantlets can root in the soil.
Dinu Mysore India (Zone 10a) February 12, 2002 10:10 AM Post #209717	Calalily, I think you are right. It is most likely a s.darcyi. It does not spread by stolons, but definitely seeds.
Aimee Georgetown, TX (Zone 8a) February 16, 2002 12:44 PM Post #212356	Tropical sage, salvia coccinea- easily spread by seeds, stricty upright perennial. Long blooming period, March-December in Texas, attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Also known as Indian fire, scarlet sage, and mejorana. Member of the mint family.
Dinu Mysore India (Zone 10a) February 18, 2002 3:21 AM Post #213412	Thanks Aimee, it is indeed s.coccinea and I saw more pics on google. There are no hummingbirds here but I have seen butterflies around it.

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