Biology:Leucophyllum langmaniae
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Short description: Species of flowering plants in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae
Leucophyllum langmaniae | |
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Leucophyllum langmaniae in flower. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Genus: | Leucophyllum |
Species: | L. langmaniae
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Binomial name | |
Leucophyllum langmaniae Flyr[1]
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Leucophyllum langmaniae is a shrub native of Mexico (Chihuahuan Desert), semi-evergreen, with gray-green leaves of velvety texture. Its shape is branched and compact, forming a rounded mass of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high and wide. The flowers are lavender. They appear in the fall, and are even more abundant if drought or heat waves were important.[2]
Leucophyllum langmaniae is called Langman's sage or Rio Bravo sage. However, it is not a true sage and it has no systematics relationship to the genus Salvia.
The plant species name langmaniae was given in honor of Ida Kaplan Langman.
References
- ↑ Henrickson, James; Flyr, L. David (1985). "Systematics of Leucophyllum and Eremogeton (Scrophulariaceae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany 11: 140–141. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10005820#page/148.
- ↑ Filippi, Olivier (2007) (in French). Pour un jardin sans arrosage (For a garden without irrigation). Arles: Actes Sud. p. 140. ISBN 978-2-7427-6730-4.
Wikidata ☰ Q15594823 entry