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Salvia urticifolia

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Nettle-leaf Sage

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1286373
Element CodePDLAM1S2J0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderLamiales
FamilyLamiaceae
GenusSalvia
Other Common Names
nettleleaf sage (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Taxonomic Comments
Kartesz (1999), Weakley et al. (2018), and Weakley (2023) recognize Salvia chapmanii as distinct from S. urticifolia. Weakley (2023) notes "records from further south represent S. chapmanii" In contrast, Kartesz (1994) included S. chapmanii in S. urticifolia.
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2024-02-06
Change Date2024-02-06
Edition Date2024-03-13
Edition AuthorsSE Ranking Workshop (2024)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 - 300
Rank Reasons
Salvia urticifolia is a perennial herb endemic to woodlands and glades in the southeastern United States from Kentucky and Virginia south to Mississippi and South Carolina. Threats for this species may include development, fire suppression, and rights-of-way maintenance. Monitoring of populations should be conducted to improve our understanding of reproduction, plant abundance, threats, and trends, as well as continuing conservation measures to protect the species.
Range Extent Comments
Salvia urticifolia occurs from northern Virginia west to western Kentucky and south to South Carolina, central Georgia, and northwestern Mississippi, and potentially in Indiana, Maryland, and southern Pennsylvania (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023).
Occurrences Comments
By applying a 1 km separation distance to herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1993 and 2023, it is estimated that there are 222 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024).
Threat Impact Comments
Salvia urticifolia is potentially threatened by development, fire suppression leading to woody encroachment, and roadside or utility rights-of-way maintenance activities, though there is insufficient data, including anecdotal accounts, to understand threats for this species.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Salvia urticifolia grows in "woodlands and glades, usually over mafic or calcareous rocks" (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023).
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - ConiferWoodland - MixedBarrens
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
KentuckyS1Yes
District of ColumbiaSHYes
VirginiaS4Yes
TennesseeSNRYes
MarylandSXYes
MississippiS2Yes
South CarolinaS2Yes
AlabamaSNRYes
North CarolinaS3Yes
GeorgiaS4Yes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
Unknown/undetermined———

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Plant Characteristics
DurationPERENNIAL, SPRING-FLOWERING
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Three SistersGeorge Washington National Forest8,149
References (8)
  1. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2024. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) data portal. Online. Available: https://www.gbif.org/ (accessed 2024).
  2. iNaturalist. 2024. Online. Available: https://www.inaturalist.org (accessed 2024).
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  5. NatureServe. 2024. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.
  6. Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet). 2024. Collections Databases. Online. Available: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/index.php (accessed 2024).
  7. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2023. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of April 14, 2023. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2105 pp.
  8. Weakley, A.S., D. B. Poindexter, R.J. LeBlond, and B.A. Sorrie. 2018. New combinations, rank changes, and nomenclatural and taxonomic comments in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States, III. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 12(1): 27-67.