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Tender Yunkasage

Salvia amplifrons

Tender Yunkasage
Photo: Herbarium - MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CC BY 4.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual, Perennial
Native range
C. Bolivia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Salvia amplifrons is an annual or short-lived perennial herb that is endemic to Bolivia, growing at 2,650 to 3,000 metres (8,690 to 9,840 ft) elevation in forest shade on moist ground.

S. amplifrons grows upright to 30 to 60 centimetres (0.98 to 1.97 ft), with ovate or ovate-elliptic leaves that are 5 to 12 cm (2.0 to 4.7 in) by 3.5 to 8 cm (1.4 to 3.1 in). The inflorescence is a terminal raceme with about 6-flowered verticillasters, up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The 12 to 15 mm (0.47 to 0.59 in) corolla is white with slight blue flushing.

Other Salvia plants

Turkish Black Sage · Wuyi Mountain Sage · Salvia adoxoides · Egyptian Sage · Orange Sage · Mediterranean sage · African Blue Sage · Salvia alatipetiolata · Cederberg Sage · Handsome Sage · Algerian Sage · Salvia amethystina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia amplifrons by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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