Salvia whitehousei

Salvia whitehousei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Salvia
Species:	S. whitehousei
Binomial name
Salvia whitehousei G.Alziar
Synonyms
Salvia dolichantha (Cory) Whitehouse

Salvia whitehousei (Clustered sage) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to Texas.^[1][2]

Taxonomy

Salvia whitehousei was originally described as "Salviastrum dolichanthum Cory" in 1930 by Victor Louis Cory. When the genus Salviastrum was merged into Salvia in 1949 by Eula Whitehouse, it became "Salvia dolichantha (Cory) Whitehouse". In 1988, because there was already a Salvia species from China named "Salvia dolichantha" (1934), Gabriel Alziar renamed the plant to the current Salvia whitehousei, in honor of Eula Whitehouse.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ "Salvia whitehousei". Native Plant Database. University of Texas at Austin. 2007-01-01. http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SAWH2. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
2. ^ "Salvia whitehousei". USDA Plants Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SAWH2. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
3. ^ "Lamiaceae Salvia dolichantha ( Cory ) Whitehouse". IPNI Plant Name Details. http://ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=226559-2. Retrieved 3 July 2010.