
This is an unusual clone of Salvia divinorum. I have named it "Luna" (cv. "Luna", syn. Siebert 9401). I discovered it in 1994 as a single stem arising from the ground in a patch of the otherwise normal "Wasson/Hofmann" clone growing at the Botanical Dimensions botanical garden in Hawaii. It is either a sport of the "Wasson/Hofmann" clone that sprung up from the root-crown of one of the surrounding plants, or it may have originated from a seed that fell from one of the surrounding plants. Given that it is extremely rare for Salvia divinorum to produce viable seeds and that any seedlings produced tend to be very weak, it is most likely that this is actually a sport--possibly some type of polyploid. This clone is distinct from most clones: the leaf margin is unusually deeply serrated and the leaf is remarkably round, rather than the typical ovate shape.