Salvia wardii
| Salvia wardii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. wardii |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvia wardii E. Peter | |
Salvia wardii is a perennial plant that is native to Tibet, found growing in alpine grasslands and thickets at 3,600 to 4,500 m (11,800 to 14,800 ft) elevation. It grows 50 to 75 cm (20 to 30 in) high, on strong stems that are glandular and hairy, forming into a thick spreading plant. It has many basal leaves that are ovate to subhastate, 7 to 16 cm (2.8 to 6.3 in) long and 3.5 to 8 cm (1.4 to 3.1 in) wide. The upper leaf is slightly ridged with short hairs, the underside has red glandular hairs, especially dense on the veins.
The 3.5 to 4 cm (1.4 to 1.6 in) corolla is blue with white on the lower lip, held in a purple tinged calyx, growing on terminal panicles or racemes.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Lamiaceae". Flora of China (Harvard University) 17: 152. 1994.