Salvia disermas L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Salvia

Characteristics

Soft shrub or perennial herb 0.3-1(-1.2) m tall with one or more stems from a woody rootstock; stems glandular-villous. Leaves often crowded and larger near the base of the plant, petiolate or the upper ones subsessile; blade broadly ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 40-160 x 15-70 mm, rugose, scabrid, glandular-pubescent, lower surface markedly reticulate, apex acute to rounded, base cordate to obtuse, margin irregularly crenate to eroso-dentate. Inflorescence of 15 or more verticils, spaced below, denser above; verticils usually 6-flowered. Calyx glandular-hispid to villous, up to 12 mm long. Corolla whitish, pale blue or mauve, 15-25(-30) mm long; tube 8-12 mm long; upper lip falcate, 7-15 mm long; lower lip often shorter than the upper.
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Perennial shrub or herb, 0.3-1.0 m high; one or more stems from woody rootstock; glandular-villous. Leaves petiolate or upper ones subsessile; broadly ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 40-160 x 15-70 mm, rugose, base cordate to obtuse, apex acute to rounded, margins irregularly crenate to eroso-dentate; scabrid, glandular-pubescent, lower surface markedly reticulate. Inflorescence simple; verticillasters 15 or more, spaced below, denser above, each 6-flowered. Flowers whitish, pale blue or mauve. Calyx glandular-hispid to villous, up to 12 mm long. Corolla: tube 8-12 mm long; lower lip often shorter than the upper.
Perennial herb, 0.3-1.0 m high. Stems erect, annual; lower stem with indumentum of many, capitate, glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate and sessile; blade broadly ovate to narrowly ovate-oblong, 40-160 x 15-70 mm, margins irregularly crenate to erose-dentate, lower surface markedly reticulate, rugose, scabrid, glandular-pubescent. Flowers: verticils 6-8-flowered; upper lip of calyx 2-or 3-toothed, mature calyx 10-15 mm long, glandular-hispid to villous; corolla 15-30 mm long, upper lip falcate, whitish, pale blue or mauve; Nov.-May.
A herb or shrub. It grows 1.2 m high. It has a woody rootstock with one or more stems. The leaves are often crowded and larger near the base of the plant. The blade is broadly oval and 4-16 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. The leaves are rough and have distinct veins. The flowering stalks are on the ends of leafless stalks and have flowers in a ring.
Aromatic, viscid shrub, up to 1.2 m tall. Leaves ± crowded below, roughly hairy, ovate, toothed. Flowers usually in a branched inflorescence in verticils, calyx glandular-hairy, corolla whitish to mauve, 15-30 mm long, upper lip deeply hooded, calyx cylindrical campanulate, with 3 upper teeth connivent.
Soft, glandular-hairy shrub to 1.2 m. Leaves often crowded below, roughly hairy, ovate, toothed. Flowers in verticils, calyx glandular-hairy, corolla whitish to mauve, 15-30 mm long, upper lip deeply hooded.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.65 - 1.1
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in hot arid areas with a marked dry season. The dry season can be 6-11 months. It grows in rocky and sandy soils often over limestone material. It grows between 360-1,555 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places. In Brisbane Botanical gardens.
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Well drained, rocky or stony soils; at elevations from 360-1,555 metres.
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Soil humidity 8-12
Soil texture 3-8
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Usage

The leaves are used to make tea.
Uses animal food food medicinal tea
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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

Salvia disermas world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456112-1
WFO ID wfo-0000300871
COL ID 79GVY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Horminum disermas Salvia bisermas Salvia disermas Salvia rugosa Salvia rugosa Salvia fleckii Salvia rugosa var. angustifolia Salvia rugosa var. rugosa