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Salvia amethystina
About
Salvia amethystina is a large aromatic undershrub that is endemic to Colombia. It is found in cloud forests and in bushy ground, often in riparian areas by streams, at 2,500 to 3,500 m elevation. The plant reaches .5 to 1.5 m tall, and sometimes taller, with ovate leaves that are 4 to 12 cm long and 2 to 7 cm wide. The corolla is very large, 1.7 to 3 cm long, and usually blue, rarely purple.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Salvia amethystina
- Slug
- salvia-amethystina
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
- Species
- amethystina
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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