Salvia stenophylla
| Habit | herbaceous
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| Height: | ⇕ | 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 10 to 11 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple |
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Salvia stenophylla is a perennial shrub native to a wide area in South Africa, growing on grassy or stony slopes, and in open countryside or among shrubs. It has been used traditionally as a disinfectant, by burning it in huts after sickness, and also mixed with tobacco for smoking. Its specific epithet, stenophylla, refers to the narrow leaves.[1]
Salvia stenophylla is a many-branched and upright shrub that reaches up to 2 ft m tall and wide in the wild, less in cultivation. The stems are square and lightly covered with hairs. The sparsely spaced leaves are pinnatid, growing up to 2 in cm long and .5 in cm wide, with ten pairs of narrow segments that have glands. These glands give off a wood-like aroma when brushed. The tiny pale blue flowers grow in whorls of six to eight, and are held in a calyx that is hairy and covered with oil glands.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clebsch, Betsy; Carol D. Barner (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780881925609. http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA284.
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