South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Salvia dolomitica [family LAMIACEAE]
Information
Shrub 1—2 m tall, branched from the base; stems terete, ascending, densely covered with a short whitish crisped tomentum. Leaves petiolate; blade simple, elliptic to obovate, 25-50 (-65) x 12-20 (—30) mm, densely greyish appressed tomentose on both surfaces, reticulate beneath and gland-dotted, apex obtuse, base obtuse to cuneate, margin entire. Inflorescence compact, of several 2-flowered verticils. Calyx broadly campanulate, often purple-tinged, glandular hirsute, enlarging to 25 mm long in fruit. Corolla light pink or lilac with cream or yellow markings on the lower lip, 20—28 mm long; tube c. 10 mm long; upper lip falcate, 10—14 mm long; lower lip 12—18 mm long.
Habitat
A distinct species, geographically separated from the allied shrubby species, i.e. those with expanding fruiting calyces, all of which are found in the south-western to south-eastern Cape Province.
Use
6. Salvia dolomitica Codd in Flower. PI. Afr. 32: t.1248 (1957); Letty, Wild Flow. Transv. 289 (1962); Hedge in Notes R. bot. Gdn Edinb. 33: 48 (1974). Type: Transvaal, Pilgrims Rest (cult, in Pretoria), Codd 8848 (PRE, holo.!).
Range
Restricted to the eastern and north-eastern Transvaal, usually on dolomitic outcrops between 1 000 and 1 500 m altitude. Map 45.
