Salvia broussonetii
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Salvia broussonetii is a plant of the genus sage ( Salvia ) and belongs to the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae).
features
Salvia broussonetii is a small shrub that reaches heights of up to 1 meter. The whole plant is sticky. The leaves are broadly heart-shaped, up to 30 centimeters long, white tomentose and serrated irregularly. Their top is green and nervous. The inflorescences are mostly branched. The bracts have an egg-shaped pointed tip. The flowers are colored (pink) white. They do not have a hair ring inside. The chalice is bell-shaped or tubular. The upper lip is three-toothed. The teeth are erect and barely tilt together. The middle tooth can often be very small.
Occurrence
Salvia broussonetii is endemic to the Canary Island of Tenerife . It occurs there at altitudes up to 400 meters.
Systematics
The first description by the British botanist George Bentham was published in his work Labiatarum Genera et Species (Fascicle 3, p. 227) in 1833.
supporting documents
- Adalbert Hohenester, Walter Welss: Excursion flora for the Canary Islands. With views of the whole of Macaronesia . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1993, ISBN 3-8001-3466-7 ( PDF file; 23.2 MB ).
- ↑ search query at IPNI ; Enter “Salvia” under genus and “broussonetii” under species.
