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SALVIA nilotica Vahl [family LABIATAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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 nilotica Vahl [family LABIATAE], Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 350. —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 193; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368; Avetta in Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 60.
SALVIA abyssinica Jacq. [family LABIATAE], Ic. t. 6.
SALVIA pungens Hochst. [family LABIATAE], in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 565.
Information
A perennial herb, with long erect pubescent branched stems. Lower leaves petioled, lyrate, 1/2 ft. long, thin, pubescent; upper sessile, ovate, entire. Whorls about 6-flowered, forming long lax racemose panicles; bracts small, green, ovate; pedicels short. Calyx 1/3 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, pubescent; lips shorter than the tube; upper with 3 small cusps; lower with 2 lanceolate-deltoid teeth. Corolla pale blue; tube as long as the calyx; upper lip oblong, concave, 1/8 in. long; lower very small, broad, with reflexed edges and an emarginate central lobe.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, 6000–8700 ft., Johnston! Volkens, 1331! Usambara: Mlalo, ex Gürke.Eritrea Nile Land Marakhat Valley, near Saganeiti, 6800–7000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1683!Abyssinia Nile Land Samen; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 565! Jebel-Gerara and Sokota, Rohlfs & Stecker; Shoa; Antoto, Ragazzi; and without precise locality, Schimper, 856! Roth!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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 nilotica Vahl [family LABIATAE], Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 350. —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 193; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368; Avetta in Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 60.
SALVIA abyssinica Jacq. [family LABIATAE], Ic. t. 6.
SALVIA pungens Hochst. [family LABIATAE], in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 565.
Information
A perennial herb, with long erect pubescent branched stems. Lower leaves petioled, lyrate, 1/2 ft. long, thin, pubescent; upper sessile, ovate, entire. Whorls about 6-flowered, forming long lax racemose panicles; bracts small, green, ovate; pedicels short. Calyx 1/3 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, pubescent; lips shorter than the tube; upper with 3 small cusps; lower with 2 lanceolate-deltoid teeth. Corolla pale blue; tube as long as the calyx; upper lip oblong, concave, 1/8 in. long; lower very small, broad, with reflexed edges and an emarginate central lobe.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, 6000–8700 ft., Johnston! Volkens, 1331! Usambara: Mlalo, ex Gürke.Eritrea Nile Land Marakhat Valley, near Saganeiti, 6800–7000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1683!Abyssinia Nile Land Samen; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 565! Jebel-Gerara and Sokota, Rohlfs & Stecker; Shoa; Antoto, Ragazzi; and without precise locality, Schimper, 856! Roth!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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 nilotica Vahl [family LABIATAE], Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 350. —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 193; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368; Avetta in Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 60.
SALVIA abyssinica Jacq. [family LABIATAE], Ic. t. 6.
SALVIA pungens Hochst. [family LABIATAE], in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 565.
Information
A perennial herb, with long erect pubescent branched stems. Lower leaves petioled, lyrate, 1/2 ft. long, thin, pubescent; upper sessile, ovate, entire. Whorls about 6-flowered, forming long lax racemose panicles; bracts small, green, ovate; pedicels short. Calyx 1/3 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, pubescent; lips shorter than the tube; upper with 3 small cusps; lower with 2 lanceolate-deltoid teeth. Corolla pale blue; tube as long as the calyx; upper lip oblong, concave, 1/8 in. long; lower very small, broad, with reflexed edges and an emarginate central lobe.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, 6000–8700 ft., Johnston! Volkens, 1331! Usambara: Mlalo, ex Gürke.Eritrea Nile Land Marakhat Valley, near Saganeiti, 6800–7000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1683!Abyssinia Nile Land Samen; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 565! Jebel-Gerara and Sokota, Rohlfs & Stecker; Shoa; Antoto, Ragazzi; and without precise locality, Schimper, 856! Roth!
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