Salvia reflexa

{{Short description|Plant species in the mint family}}

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| image = Salvia reflexa 1DS-II 1-0446.jpg

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| status_ref = {{Cite NatureServe |date=6 December 2024 |id=2.155946 |title=Salvia reflexa |access-date=24 December 2024}}

| genus = Salvia

| species = reflexa

| authority = Hornem.

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite POWO|title=Salvia reflexa Hornem..|id=457095-1|access-date=2024-04-30|mode=cs1}}

| synonyms = {{Species list

|Salvia aspidophylla|Schult.

|Salvia pauciflora|Kunth

|Salvia trichostemoides|Pursh

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Salvia reflexa, the lanceleaf sage,{{PLANTS|id=SARE3|taxon=Salvia reflexa|access-date=1 February 2016}} Rocky Mountain sage, blue sage, lambsleaf sage, sage mint or mintweed,{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}} is an annual subshrub native to the United States and Mexico and introduced to Argentina, Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.{{GRIN | access-date=2008-06-17}}

It reaches 4-28 inches (10–71 cm) in height with small, opposite, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic leaves up to two inches (5 cm) long.

The flowers grow in whorls, and are pale blue to dark blue and bloom from Summer to Autumn. Salvia reflexa is found in pastures and prairies and can be toxic to cattle, sheep and goats due to its accumulation of nitrates.{{cite web

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|title=Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Lance-leaf sage

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Poisoning is not common, and reported cases are limited to animals eating contaminated hay. Symptoms of toxicity are muscular weakness, diarrhea, and colic.{{cite web

|url=http://texnat.tamu.edu/cmplants/toxic/plants/lanceleaf.html

|title=Texas Toxic Plants

|access-date=2008-06-17

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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061021005245/http://texnat.tamu.edu/cmplants/toxic/plants/lanceleaf.html |archive-date = 2006-10-21}}