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Salvia trachyphylla

Salvia trachyphylla
Photo: Ingrid P. Lin Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Botany, CC0

Salvia trachyphylla is a shrubby sage from the mint family, native to the montane forests and high-altitude shrublands of Ecuador. It is grown as a garden or container plant where it can stay frost-free, and it needs good drainage and bright conditions.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry, and let excess drain away.
Soil
Free-draining, moderately fertile soil or a gritty potting mix.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Salvia trachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae that is native to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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 trachyphylla 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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