 Salvia
divinorum has large green leaves, hollow square stems and white flowers with
purple calyces. The plant grows to well over 1m in height. Unlike other
species of salvia, Salvia divinorum produces few seeds, and those seldom
germinate. For an unknown reason, pollen fertility is reduced. There is no
active pollen tube inhibition within the style, but some event or process
after the pollen tube reaches the ovary is aberrant. Partial sterility is
often suggestive of a hybrid origin, although no species have been
recognized as possible parent species. The ability to grow indistinguishable
plants from seeds produced by self pollination also weakens the hybrid
theory of origin, instead implying inbreeding depression, or an undiscovered
incompatibility mechanism. The plant is mainly propagated by cuttings or
layering. Although isolated strands of Salvia divinorum exist, these are
thought to have been purposely created and tended by the Mazatec people. For
this reason, it is considered a true cultigen, not occurring in a wild
state.
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Salvia Divinorum Botany