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Smallface Yunkasage

Salvia personata

Smallface Yunkasage
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg https://www.inaturalist.org/people/hhulsberg, CC0

Smallface Yunkasage (Salvia personata) is an annual herb from the Andes of Bolivia and northern Argentina, growing up to about 1.5 m tall in disturbed bushy valleys and foothills. It is grown mainly as a garden or wildflower plant and is easiest from seed sown in warm, sunny conditions.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil or light potting mix.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Bolivia to NW. Argentina
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Salvia personata is an annual herb that is native to valleys and foothills in the Andes of Bolivia and northern Argentina. It grows in disturbed bushy habitat at 600 to 2,600 m (2,000 to 8,500 ft) elevation.

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 personata 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.

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