Description

• Salvia misella is a low-growing, herbaceous plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae), commonly known as weak sage or small sage.

• It has slender, branching stems that may sprawl along the ground or grow upright among surrounding vegetation.

• The leaves are opposite, simple, and ovate to broadly elliptic, with rounded or bluntly pointed tips and toothed margins.

• Small, pale blue to lavender or whitish flowers grow in whorls along slender, elongated flowering stems. The flowers have the characteristic two-lipped shape of the genus Salvia.

• The plant produces small, nut-like fruits called nutlets, which develop at the base of the persistent calyx.

Range

• Native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, including Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of South America.

• It is native to Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, and the surrounding area.

Habitat

• Grows in open woodland, tropical scrub, grasslands, forest margins, and disturbed areas.

• Commonly occurs along roadsides, in grassy clearings, and among low vegetation.

• Favours warm conditions and can grow in sunny or partially shaded locations, often tolerating seasonal dryness.