Inflorescence; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1563 Date of entry: 05.02.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Mexican bush sage
German: Mexikanischer Salbei, Samt-Salbei
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Lamiales (171)
Family: Lamiaceae (93)(family description)
Genus: Salvia (10)
Epithet: leucantha Cav. (2)
leucantha => bearing white flowers
Climate: sub-tropical, tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, white
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