Salvia runcinata L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Salvia

Characteristics

Perennial erect herb 0.15-0.5(-0.7) m tall with 1-several stems from a taproot or, occasionally, from a creeping rootstock; stems hispid or crisped pilose, gland-dotted. Leaves shortly petiolate or the upper ones sessile; blade runcinate-pinnatipartite to lyrate, rarely almost entire, oblong-lanceolate to obovate in outline, 30-90(-120) x 15-30(-50) mm, hispid-scabrid, gland-dotted, lobes rounded to triangular, sometimes oblong and pinnatifid. Inflorescence of several to many verticils, widely spaced below, denser above; verticils 4-8-flowered. Calyx hispid-scabrid, gland-dotted, 5-8 mm long. Corolla white or pale blue to mauve or purplish, 7-14 mm long; tube 4.5-9 mm long; upper lip straight 3-4 mm long; lower lip often slightly longer.
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Perennial herb, 0.15-0.50 m high; stems 1-several from taproot, occasionally from creeping rootstock; hispid or crisped pilose, gland-dotted. Leaves shortly petiolate; upper ones sessile, runcinate-pinnatipartite to lyrate, rarely almost entire, oblong-lanceolate to obovate, 30-90 x 15-30 mm; lobes rounded, triangular or oblong and pinnatifid; hispid-scabrid, gland-dotted. Inflorescence simple; verticillasters several to many, widely spaced below, denser above, each 4-8-flowered. Flowers white or pale blue to mauve or purplish. Calyx hispid-scabrid, gland-dotted. Corolla: tube 4.5-9.0 mm long; upper lip 3-4 mm long; lower lip slightly longer. Flowering time Nov.-May.
Perennial herb, 0.15-0.50 m high. Stems 1-several stems from a taproot, occasionally from a creeping rootstock; indumentum of short to long eglandular hairs. Leaves narrowly oblong-ovate to obovate, 30-90 x 15-30 mm, margins runcinate-pinnatipartite to lyrate. Flowers: in verticils, upper lip of calyx 2-or 3-toothed, spreading; fruiting calyces 4-7 mm long; calyx gland dotted, 5-8 mm long, hispid-scabrid; corolla 7-14 mm long, upper lip of corolla straight; corolla white or pale blue to mauve or purplish; Aug.-Apr.
Shortly hairy perennial to 70 cm from a woody rootstock. Leaves usually lyrate. Flowers in verticils, calyx roughly hairy and gland-dotted, corolla white or mauve to purplish, 7-14 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Root system creeping-root tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cough (unspecified), Fumigant (unspecified), Bedbug (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Salvia runcinata world distribution map, present in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:457160-1
WFO ID wfo-0000302201
COL ID 79H4V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Salvia monticola Salvia runcinata Salvia sisymbriifolia Salvia runcinata var. grandiflora Salvia runcinata var. nana Salvia monticola var. monticola