Salvia lavandulifolia

Lavendelblättriger sage (Salvia lavandulifolia )

The Lavendelblättrige sage or Spanish sage (Salvia lavandulifolia ) is a plant species in the family Lamiaceae ( Lamiaceae).

Features

The shrub has erect or ascending branches. He is 30 to 100 inches high. The leaves are petiolate and ovate to elliptic. The younger leaves are whitish.

The flowers are available in six - to achtblütigen Scheinquirlen that are more or less far apart. The corolla is two to 2.5 inches long and light blue violet. The upper lip is nearly straight, the lower lip is three-lobed. The calyx is purple dotted crowded and glandular. He often simple hair, but no glandular hairs.

Occurrence

The Lavendelblättrige sage is native only in southern France, Spain and northwest Africa. It grows in rocky corridors of the montane belt.