Salvia subg. Perovskia
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Salvia subgenus Perovskia is a group of species within the flowering plant genus Salvia, which prior 2017 were treated as the separate genus Perovskia.<ref>Drew, B.T., González-Gallegos, J.G., Xiang, C.L., Kriebel, R., Drummond, C.P., Walked, J.B. and Sytsma, K.J., 2017. Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number. Taxon, 66(1), pp.133-145.</ref> Members of the group are native to southwestern and central Asia.<ref name=g>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families</ref><ref>Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 222 分药花属 fen yao hua shu Perovskia Karelin, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou. 14: 15. 1841.</ref> It includes the garden plant Russian sage (Salvia × floriferior).<ref name=Dendro>Seneta W, Dolatowski J, Zieliński J. Dendrologia, ed. 13, p.730.</ref>
The subgenus and former genus are named after the Russian general V. A. Perovski (1794-1857).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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- Salvia abrotanoides (Kar.) Systma – Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, western Himalayas of northern India
- Salvia bungei J.G.González, formerly Perovskia virgata Kudrjasch. – Tajikistan
- Salvia karelinii J.B.Walker, formerly Perovskia angustifolia Kudrjasch. – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Salvia klokovii J.B.Walker, formerly Perovskia linczevskii Kudrjasch. – Tajikistan
- Salvia kudrjaschevii (Gorschk. & Pjataeva) Systma – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
- Salvia pobedimovae J.G.González, formerly Perovskia botschantzevii Kovalevsk & Kochk. – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- Salvia scrophulariifolia (Bunge) B.T.Drew – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Salvia yangii B.T.Drew – Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas, Tibet, Xinjiang
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- Salvia × floriferior Dolat. & Ziel. – so-called "Russian sage", also referred to as Perovskia × hybrida (unplaced taxon) and its synonym Perovskia × superba in Europe and Russia: (S. abrotanoides × S. yangii)
- Perovskia × intermedia Lazkov – Kyrgyzstan: (S. abrotanoides × S. karelinii)
Cultivation
Plants in cultivation are almost all hybrids, including Salvia 'Blue Spire', which is very likely Salvia × floriferior, a naturally occurring hybrid between the entire-leaved Salvia yangii and Salvia abrotanoides. The leaves of this breed have long narrow teeth (i.e. are laciniate), unlike S. yangii which has entire leaves with shallow teeth.<ref name=Dendro/><ref name=PhilRix93/>
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