Lavender-leaved sage
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Lavender-leaved sage ( Salvia lavandulifolia ) |
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The Lavendelblättrige sage or Spanish sage ( Salvia lavandulifolia ) is a plant species in the family of the lip bloom plants (Lamiaceae).
description
The subshrub has upright or ascending branches. It becomes 30 to 100 centimeters high. The leaves are stalked and ovate to elliptical. The younger leaves are whitish gray.
The flowers are in six to eight-flowered pseudo whorls that are more or less far apart. The corolla is 2 to 2.5 inches long and light blue-violet. The upper lip is almost straight, the lower lip is three-lobed. The calyx is purple and dotted with glands. He often has simple hair, but no glandular hair.
Occurrence
The lavender-leaved sage is only native to southern France , Spain and north-west Africa . It grows in rock corridors of the montane level .
literature
- Ingrid Schönfelder, Peter Schönfelder : The cosmos Mediterranean flora. Over 500 Mediterranean plants in color photos (= Kosmos nature guide ). Franckh, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-440-05300-8 , pp. 208 (1st / 2nd edition; 1984/1990).