Salvia misella - River Sage

River Sage is a biennial herb, growing up to a height of about 2 feet and is generally considered as an annual. Flowers are blue in color. 7-7.5 mm, white towards the base. Stamens are two in number, style 5 mm and stigma is bilobed. Flowers are borne at branch-ends, and are bunched at intervals on the long flowering stalk which extends up to nearly 15 cm. Sepal-cup is bell shaped, 1.5-2 mm, deeply bilobed, and 10-12 veined, with numerous gland dotted hairs. Stems are ribbed and rectangular in cross-section. All parts of the plant are sticky. The aromatic leaves are arranged oppositely, broadly ovate in shape, 4-6.5 cm, and are of dull green color and are bristly on both sides. Margins are sawtoothed. Leaf stalk is covered by the leaf lamella. The fruit is in the form of a mericap of about 1.5 mm. River Sage is native to Tropical America, naturalized in Africa and Western Ghats in India.