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Salvia camarifolia is a perennial undershrub from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, growing 1 to 3 m tall with grey-green leaves and red tubular flowers. It is a sage relative best grown in warm, frost-free conditions with good drainage.
Salvia camarifolia is a perennial undershrub native to the northern and eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, growing at elevations from 0 to 1,600 m (0 to 5,249 ft). There is also past evidence of a specimen from the Ocaña region. S. camarifolia grows 1 to 3 metres (3.3 to 9.8 ft) tall, with ovate grey-green leaves that are 6 to 12 cm (2.4 to 4.7 in) long and 3 to 6 centimetres (1.2 to 2.4 in) wide. The red corolla is 1.5 to 2 centimetres (0.59 to 0.79 in) long, with subequal lips that are 4 to 5 centimetres (1.6 to 2.0 in).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia camarifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
