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Salvia ekimiana is a small perennial sage from the mountains of Central Anatolia in Turkey, forming a low rosette of leaves with short flowering stems. It is a rare, alpine-steppe species best grown in a sunny, free-draining spot that mimics its dry, cool native habitat.
Salvia ekimiana is a perennial plant that is endemic to Central Anatolia in Turkey, growing in open pine forest and alpine steppe at 1,700 to 2,000 m (5,600 to 6,600 ft) elevation.
S. ekimiana grows on erect to ascending stems to 10 to 30 cm (3.9 to 11.8 in), with mostly basal leaves that are generally oblong, or ovate to oblong or oblanceolate. The leaves are 2.5 to 7 cm (0.98 to 2.76 in) long and 1 to 2.5 cm (0.39 to 0.98 in) wide. The corolla is white with a lilac hood, .7 to 1.1 cm (0.28 to 0.43 in), and with a greyish calyx with a violet stripe. The specific epithet honors professor Tuna Ekim, a Turkish botanist.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia ekimiana 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.
