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| Salvia palaestina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. palaestina |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvia palaestina Benth. | |
Salvia palaestina is a herbaceous perennial native to a wide area including what was historically known as Palestine, (which now includes Israel, Syria, and the West Bank) and also Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Sinai peninsula and northeastern Egypt. It was named and described by George Bentham in 1835, with the specific epithet (palaestina) describing its distribution "in Palæstinæ montibus inter Gaza et Jerusalem", or the mountains between or among Gaza and Jerusalem.
S. palaestina grows in a wide variety of habitats, between 1,000 to 4,000 feet elevation. It was introduced into horticulture in the 1990s. The plant grows 1-2 feet tall, with an upright habit and many square stems growing from basal roots. The mid-green rugose leaves vary in shape and size, with light hairs on both sides, and glands that release a scent when rubbed or crushed. The 12 inch inflorescences grow candelabra-like at the top of the stems, with 4-6 flowers per whorl. The .5 inch flowers are straight and tubular, ranging in color from white to pale lilac.
Notes
- Boulos, Loutfy (2002). Flora of Egypt: Verbenaceae-Compositae. Al Hadara Pub. Retrieved 07-29=2010.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Clebsch, Betsy (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780881925609.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - "Salvia Palaestina". The International Plant Names Index. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- Bentham, George (1832-1836). Labiatarum Genera et Species: or, a description of the genera and species of plants of the order labiatae. Piccadilly: James Ridgway & Sons. p. 561. Retrieved 08-01-20010.
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