Salvia nydeggeri

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Suffruticose perennial. Stems procumbent. 20-35 cm, very densely glandular and with long eglandular hairs above. Leaves with an oblong terminal segment 20-30 x 10-15 mm and 1 or 2 pairs of smaller, lanceolate to narrowly oblong lateral segments 15-20 x 3-10 mm, with unequal glandular hairs but no or only very scattered long eglandular hairs, serrate; petiole 10-20 mm. long-ciliate. Inflorescence 8-12 cm. Verticillasters 4-6, 2-4-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate. 10-30 x 2-8 mm. long-acuminate. Pedicels 2-5 mm. Calyx tubular-infundibular, 10-17 mm, c. 12-veined, with capitate glands and long eglandular hairs. Corolla white or yellowish. 25-30 mm. with few glandular hairs and eglandular cilia; tube densely pilose inside; upper lip porrect, 12 mm, lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens A. Style 3 mm. Nutlets unknown. Fl. 6. Coniferous forest. c. 1000 m.

Endemic. E.Medit. element.