Salvia wardii
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Salvia |
Species: | S. wardii
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Binomial name | |
Salvia wardii E. Peter
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Salvia wardii (Tibetan sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Tibet, found growing in alpine grasslands and thickets at 3,600 to 4,500 m (11,800 to 14,800 ft) elevation. It grows 50 to 75 cm (20 to 30 in) high, on strong stems that are glandular and hairy, forming into a thick spreading plant. It has many basal leaves that are ovate to subhastate, 7 to 16 cm (2.8 to 6.3 in) long and 3.5 to 8 cm (1.4 to 3.1 in) wide. The upper leaf is slightly ridged with short hairs, the underside has red glandular hairs, especially dense on the veins.
The 3.5 to 4 cm (1.4 to 1.6 in) corolla is blue with white on the lower lip, held in a purple tinged calyx, growing on terminal panicles or racemes.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Lamiaceae" (PDF). Flora of China. 17. Harvard University: 152. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-14.
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