Botanical Name: Salvia gauranitica
Common Name: hummingbird tree
Family: Lamiaceae
Distribution/Origin: Central America
Leaf/Bud: yellow-ish/green, large, simple, serrate, fragrant when rubbed, opposite/decussate
Flower/Inflorescence: bloom July - Oct, purplish/blue flowers, tubular
Fruit/Seed: nutlet
Stem/Bark: square stem (common Lamiaceae trait)
Size: height 3 - 5ft, spread 2 - 3ft
Habit: clumping
Form: flower stalks upright, basal foliage clumping
Culture: herbaceous perennial,
Landscape Use: bedding
Notes: attracts hummingbirds