Salvia grewiifolia

Salvia grewiifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: S. grewiifolia
Binomial name
Salvia grewiifolia
S.Moore

Salvia grewiifolia is an undershrub that is native to Bolivia and Brazil, growing in open dry forest and clearings.

S. grewiifolia grows .5 to 1.5 metres (1.6 to 4.9 ft) high, with petiolate ovate leaves that are 2 to 8 cm (0.79 to 3.15 in) by .5 to 1.5 cm (0.20 to 0.59 in). The inflorescence of short terminal racemes grows 5 to 30 cm (2.0 to 11.8 in) long, with 4-6-flowered verticillasters and a red corolla that is 1.8 to 3 cm (0.71 to 1.18 in) long.[1]

Notes

  1. Wood, J. R. I. (2007). "The Salvias (Lamiaceae) of Bolivia". Kew Bulletin. Springer. 62 (2): 177–207. JSTOR 20443346.


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