체리세이지

 

학명: Salvia microphylla Kunth

분류: 꿀풀과(Lamiaceae)

학명 풀이:

Salvia: 구조, 치료, 도움  

microphylla: 작은 잎  

영명: Baby sage/ Graham's sage /Blackcurrant sage

 *  Salvia micropylla는 우리나라에서는 '체리세이지(Cherry sage)'라 부르지만  영어권에서 부르는 Cherry Sage는 보통 Salvia microphylla 의 유사종인 Salvia greggii A.Gray를 일컫는다.   Salvia greggii 의 common name은 Autumn sage / Autumn Salvia / Cherry Sage이다. 이 두 종은 외관상으로 구별하기 힘들다. 아래에 인용한 기재문은 두 종의 차이점을 설명하고 있다.  : 우리나라에서는 Salvia greggii A.Gray도 '체리세이지'로 부르고 있어 현재 우리나라에서는 이 두 종의 구별이 제대로 되어 있지 않음을 보여주고 있다. 

 

국내유통명: 체리세이지

사진: 강원도립화목원

 

* 안내 팻말에는 학명이 Salvia greggii A.Gray로 되어 있지만  Salvia microphylla Kunth로 판단되었다.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salvia microphylla (Baby sage, Graham's sage, Blackcurrant sage) is a perennial shrub found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico. It is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s. The specific epithet, "microphylla", from the Greek, means "small leaved". In Mexico, it is called "mirto de montes", or "myrtle of the mountains".[1]

 

Salvia microphylla grows to 1 to 1.3 m (3.3 to 4.3 ft) tall and wide, blooming in its first year and growing to full size in its second year. The leaves are ovate shaped, of varying sizes, and smooth or lightly covered with hairs. When crushed, the leaves have a strong fragrance, which has been described as pleasant and mint-like, but also as similar to that of blackcurrants, leading to the use of "Blackcurrant Sage" as an English name for this species.[2] It typically flowers in its first year, and reaches full size in the second year. It sometimes spreads underground, producing dense patches.[1]

 

Along with its cultivars and hybrids, S. microphylla blooms heavily in late spring and again in autumn, with sporadic flowering year-round in mild conditions. The flowers are arranged in whorls, with a wide range of color: magenta, red, pink, and rose.[1]

 

 

 

Botanist Carl Epling considered Salvia microphylla to have three geographical races, though the wide variation still causes confusion today, and there are conceivably more than three races. Adding to the confusion, Salvia microphylla is often mistaken for Salvia greggii, with which it frequently hybridizes. Epling distinguishes between the two by the S. microphylla leaves, which have serrated edges, compared to the narrow, elliptic, and smooth-edged S. greggii leaves — and by a pair of papillae inside the S. microphylla corolla.[1]

 

(번역) Salvia kicrophylla는 종종 Salvia greggii로 오동정된다. Carl Epling에 따르자면 S. microphylla는 화관 안에 한상의 돌기(papillae)가 있고, 잎은 예거치인데 대하여 S. greggii는 화관 안에 돌기가 없고 잎은 좁고, 타원형이며 거치가 없어 매끈하다.  

 

In the U.S. it is sometimes called "Graham's sage", as it has been named Salvia grahamii by George Bentham. It was also named Salvia neurepia by Merritt Lyndon Fernald. Both these botanic names are considered invalid as they are later than microphylla.

 

There is also confusion between Salvia microphylla and Salvia lemmonii, which was named by Asa Gray. Later, Gray began calling it Salvia microphylla var. wislizenii, considering it to be a variety of S. microphylla, though most taxonomies still consider S. lemmonii to be a unique species.[1] It has leaves that are .6–1.2 inches (1.5–3 cm) that are furry and sharp-pointed, and flowers that are often vermilion or magenta, with the inflorescence shorter than that of S. microphylla. var. neurepia.[3]

 

 출처:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_microphyl

 

다른 곳에서 구한 자료에는 두 종을 좀 더 자세하게 구별하고 있다.

The offical taxonomic difference is a pair of Papillae (Bumps or teats at the base of microphylla which are not present in S.greggii).I use Comptons form of ID. S.microphylla having several different leaf forms some small,some large and some pointed. The Leaf margin (Microphylla) has small serrations or teeth foliage also shows heavy venation.S.greggii is smooth or entire on the margin and no venation in the foliage.

(번역) 공식적인 분류학상의 차이점은 돌기의 유무이다.   S.microphylla 는 화관에 한 쌍의 돌기가 있고 .S.greggii 는 돌기가 없ek. 그 밖에도  S.microphylla 는 잎의 형태가 작은 것, 큰 것, 또는 잎끝이 뾰족한 것  등 여러 형태로 나타나며, 잎 가장자리에 소예거치(small serrations)가 있으며  엽맥이 뚜렷하다(heavy venation). 그러나  S.greggii 는 잎 가장자리가  매끈하거나 전연(smooth or entire)이며 엽맥이 보이지 않는다 (no venation)

  

출처: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/salvia/msg0400530726709.html

 

이상과 같은 근거에서 S. microphylla 로 동정하였으나 S. microphylla 는 수많은 잡종과 원예종이 있으므로 확실한 판단은 전문가에 맡겨야 할 것이다.