Salvia farinacea, the mealycup sage, or mealy sage, is a herbaceous perennial native to Nuevo León, Mexico and parts of the United States including Texas and Oklahoma.Billie L. Turner. Recension of Salvia sect. Farinaceae (Lamiaceae). Phytologia (August 2008) 90(2) pages 163-175. [1] Violet-blue spikes rest on a compact plant of typically narrow salvia-like leaves; however, the shiny leaves are what set this species apart from most other Salvia, which bear velvety-dull leaves.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Salvia farinacea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Salvia farinacea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections9
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Salvia farinacea voucher PS0379MT01 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK★rbcL4★ITS6★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSalvia farinacea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chen, R. y., W. q. Song, X. l. Li, M. x. Li, G. l. Liang & C. b. Chen. 2003. Chromosome Atlas of Major Economic Plants Genome in China, Vol. 3, Chromosome Atlas of Garden Flowering Plants in China. Science Press, Beijing.
CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Bir, S.S., Kumari, S. et al. 1978
n 94×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Haque, M. S. 1982. Meiotic studies in some species of Salvia L. Indian J. Bot. 5: 83–86.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bir, S. S., S. Kumari, S. P. Shoree & M. S. Sagoo. 1978. Cytological studies in certain Bicarpellatae from north and central India. J. Cytol. Genet. 13: 99–106.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bir, S. S., S. Kumari, S. P. Shoree & M. S. Sagoo. 1978a. Cytological studies in certain Bicarpeilatse from north and central India. J. Cytol. Genet. 13: 99–106.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Haque, M. S. 1981. Chromosome numbers in the genus Salvia Linn. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 47: 419–426.
n 102×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gill, L. S. 1984. The incidence of polyploidy in the West-Himalayan Labiatae. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 7: 5–16.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — GILL, L.s. 1971. Chromosome studies in Salvia (Labiatael: West-Himalayan species. Experientia 15: 596-598.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 361≤1 km 892≤10 km 287>10 km 401
7 941 georeferenced · 1 582 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 523
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 46≤1 km 92≤10 km 121>10 km 27
286 georeferenced · 274 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence560
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions63 of 89 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Fort Worth, US
119
Bronx, US
85
Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
47
Lubbock, US
37
Austin, US
30
Wuzhou, CN
14
EL PASO, US
12
Riverside, US
11
Auckland, NZ
9
Baroda, IN
8
Albuquerque, US
8
Denton, US
8
Mexico City, MX
7
LDlocation not on record
6
Denver, US
6
Durango, MX
5
Bangkok, TH
5
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
5
Stephenville, US
5
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
5
Bloomington, US
4
Sanda, JP
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
4
Claremont, US
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
Davis, US
4
Santa Barbara, US
3
Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record
3
Miami, US
3
San Angelo, US
3
Tampa, US
3
Valparaiso, CL
3
Phoenix, US
2
BISHlocation not on record
2
Görlitz, DE
2
València, ES
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Emporia, US
2
Granada, ES
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Chapingo, MX
2
Córdoba, AR
2
Bern, CH
2
Philadelphia, US
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Christchurch, NZ
2
Chicago, US
2
Beijing, CN
2
US
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Mount Annan, AU
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
Barcelona, ES
1
Paris, FR
1
SMMUlocation not on record
1
Dresden, DE
1
Palmerston, AU
1
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Salamanca, ES
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record
1
Boise, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Taipei, TW
1
Madrid, ES
1
UNICAPlocation not on record
1
BAYLUlocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Vitoria, ES
1
Durban, ZA
1
Pondicherry, IN
1
Pamplona, ES
1
Brisbane, AU
1
Shanghai, CN
1
89 institutions · 553 of 560 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Salvia farinacea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found9
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 083 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗