Salvia halophila
Salvia halophila
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Perennial herb with erect stems c. 50 cm, branched above, ± densely eglandular or glandular-pilose below, glandular-pilose above. Leaves simple, ovate-oblong, 6-9 x 3-4.5 cm, somewhat thick-textured, softly pilose above and below, cordate-truncate, crenulate to subentire; petiole 4-7 cm. Verticillasters 4-6-flowered, distant. Bracts ovate-acuminate, c. 6 x 5 mm. Pedicels 1-2 rnm, Calyx ovoid-infundibular, c. 6-8 mm, glandular-pilose; upper lip tridentate, shortly mucronate, recurved in fruit. Corolla pale lilac with white lip, 12-17 mm; tube gradually widening above, pilose-fasiculate; upper lip falcate. Stamens B. Nutlets ovate-trigonous, c. 1.5 x 1 mm. 2n = 18. Fl. 8-10. Salt steppe, 950-1000 m.
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Related to S. virgata but lower growing, with ± thick leaves with subentire margins and later flowering; the chromosome number is also different.
