Salvia falcata
Species of shrub
Salvia falcata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Salvia |
Species: | S. falcata |
Binomial name | |
Salvia falcata J.R.I. Wood & Harley |
Salvia falcata is a perennial shrub that is endemic to a very small area in NW Cundinamarca in Colombia, growing in dry bushland in a steep river valley at around 1,000 m (3,300 ft) elevation—unusually low for red-flowered salvias.
Salvia falcata grows to 2 m (6.6 ft) tall, with 4-angle stems, and with many branches. The leaves are lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-ellipitic, ranging from 6 to 11 cm (2.4 to 4.3 in) long and 1.8 to 4.7 cm (0.71 to 1.85 in) wide. The inflorescence has single racemes in the leaf axils with a 2.6 to 2.8 cm (1.0 to 1.1 in) red corolla.[1]
Notes
- ^ Wood, J. R. I.; Harley, R. M. (1989). "The Genus Salvia (Labiatae) in Colombia". Kew Bulletin. 44 (2). Springer: 270–272. doi:10.2307/4110799. JSTOR 4110799.
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