Salvia africana L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Salvia

Characteristics

Shrub 0.6-1.5(-2) m tall, often branching at the base with several erect, usually sparingly branched stems; stems greyish-tomentulose to hispidulous, gland-dotted and occasionally with glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate; blade simple, sub-coriaceous, obovate-elliptic to broadly obovate, 8-25(-35)x 4-15(-25) mm, greenish and somewhat rugose above with short eglandular hairs, greyish-tomentulose and gland-dotted beneath, rarely almost glabrous, apex subacute to rounded, base cuneate, margin subentire to eroso-denticulate, occasionally auriculate at the base. Inflorescence often dense or spaced below with 5-12 verticils; verticils 2-6-flowered; bracts ovate, cuspidate, up to 10 x 9 mm, persistent. Calyx somewhat funnel-shaped, glandular-villous, expanding to 14 mm in fruit, purple-tinged. Corolla light blue to bluish purple or pinkish, the lower lip usually with a paler blue margin and white to yellowish in the centre, 16-28 mm long; tube 8-10 mm long; upper lip falcate, 8-18 mm long; lower lip as long as the upper with a broad reflexed median lobe.
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Shrub, 0.6-1.5(-2.0) m high; often branching at base, stems several, erect, sparingly branched; greyish tomentulose to hispidulous, gland-dotted, glandular hairs occasional. Leaves petiolate, blade simple, subcoriaceous, obovate-elliptic to broadly obovate, 8-25(-35) x 4-15(-25) mm, base cuneate, apex subacute to rounded, margins Sub-Entire to eroso-denticulate, occasionally auriculate at base; greenish and somewhat rugose above with short eglandular hairs, greyish tomentose and gland-dotted beneath, rarely almost glabrous. Inflorescence often dense or spaced below with 5-12 verticils; verticils 2-6-flowered; bracts ovate, cuspidate, up to 10 x 9 mm, persistent. Calyx ± funnelshaped, glandular-villous, expanding to 14 mm in fruit, purple-tinged. Corolla light blue to bluish purple or pinkish, tube 8-10 mm long; upper lip falcate, 8-18 mm long; lower lip as long as upper with broad reflexed median lobe.
Grey-hairy shrub, up to 2 m tall. Leaves obovate, sometimes toothed. Flowers in verticils, calyx glandular-silky, enlarging up to ± 14 mm long in fruit, corolla mauve to blue or pink with darker spots, 16-28 mm long, upper lip hooded, 8-18 mm long.
Grey-hairy shrub to 2 m with stems almost terete. Leaves obovate, sometimes toothed. Flowers in verticils, calyx glandular-silky, corolla mauve to blue or pink with darker spots, 16-28 mm long, upper lip hooded.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.05 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Sandy slopes and flats.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 4-7
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Salvia africana unspecified picture

Distribution

Salvia africana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:455585-1
WFO ID wfo-0001069723
COL ID 6XFRL
BDTFX ID 168274
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Salvia lanuginosa Salvia acetabulosa Salvia barbata Salvia integerrima Salvia rotundifolia Salvia subspathulata Salvia tauricola Crolocos colorata Salvia africana Salvia colorata Salvia undulata