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|familia=Lamiaceae
|familia=Lamiaceae
|genus=Salvia
|genus=Salvia
|species=stenophylla
|species=stenophylla
|habit=herbaceous
|habit=herbaceous
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
'''''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.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=284|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA284}}</ref>
''Salvia stenophylla'' is a many-branched and upright shrub that reaches up to {{convert|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 {{convert|2|in|cm}} long and {{convert|.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.<ref name="Clebsch"/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
