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Salvia nudicaulis

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Name

Identification
Salvia abyssinica Hochst. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Isotype of Salvia nudicaulis Not on Sheet [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2012
Related name
  • Salvia merjamie
  • Salvia congesta
  • Salvia abyssinica
  • Salvia nudicaulis

Flora

Entry for SALVIA nudicaulis Vahl [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 332, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
SALVIA nudicaulis Vahl [family LABIATAE], Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 294. —Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 367.
SALVIA abyssinica Hochst. [family LABIATAE], in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 160; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 192.
SALVIA congesta A. Rich. [family LABIATAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 194; Vatke in Linnæa, xliii. 93.
Information
A perennial herb, with most of the leaves concentrated in a basal rosette, and with a short slightly pubescent stem. Leaves linear-oblong, thick, rugose, crenulate, 1 1/2–2 in. long, densely pubescent beneath. Whorls about 6-flowered, forming a lax racemose panicle; bracts small; pedicels very short. Calyx very hairy, 1/4 in. long; lips as long as the tube; upper entire or emarginate; lower deeply bifid. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; upper lip arched, 1/4 in. long; lower much shorter, deflexed.
Distribution
Eritrea Nile Land Habab, Hildebrandt, 436, near Saganeiti, 6500–7000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 811! 852! near Acrur, 6100 ft., Schweinfurth, 1003!Abyssinia Nile Land Tigre; near Adowa, Schimper, 160! Mai Samia, near Adowa, Rohlfs & Stecker, Abba Gerima, near Adowa, 6800 ft., Schimper, 642; Samen; Bachit Mountain, Schimper, 99; Katz, Rohlfs & Stecker; Urahut district, Schimper, 597, Erareta Mountain, 11,300 ft., Schimper; and without precise locality, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 21! 23! Schimper, 855! 857!Somaliland Nile Land Serrut Mountains, near Maid, 5800 ft., Hildebrandt, 1420! and without precise locality, Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. Lort-Phillips!
Distribution (external)
Arabia

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