Species: Salvia fruticosa Common Name: sage Taxonomy: Nepetoideae; Mentheae; Salvia
Description of Trichomes:
Glandular secreting trichomes (GST).

Two different types of capitate hairs were found in S. fruticosa. Type I have a bicellular secretory head and unicellular stalk, and type II have unicellular secretory head and multicellular stalk.

Reference
1) Werker E, Ravid U, Putievsky E. 1985. Structure of glandular hairs and identification of the main components of their secreted material in some species of the Labiatae. Israel Journal of Botany 34: 31-45
2) Serrato-valenti G, Bisio A, Cornara L and Ciarallo G. (1997) Structural and Histochemical Investigation of the Glandular Trichomes of Salvia aurea L. Leaves, and Chemical Analysis of the Essential Oil. Annals of Botany 79: 329-336.
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