Biology:Salvia muirii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. muirii
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| Binomial name | |
| Salvia muirii L.Bol.
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Salvia muirii (Muir's sage) is an evergreen perennial shrub native to limited areas east of the Cape of Good Hope and Mossel Bay on the southern coast of South Africa . It grows in an area influenced by the climate of the Indian Ocean, on rolling hills between 200 and 1000 feet elevation.[1] The plant was first collected by Dr. John Muir, a Scottish physician and plant collector who spent many years in South Africa.[2] Muir wrote to the botanist Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus, who named the plant after him.
Salvia muirii reaches 2 feet tall in its native habitat, less in cultivation. It grows into a stiff erect shrub, with small branches and tiny .75 inch olive-green leaves. The leaves appear smaller because each one is slightly folded along the middle. When crushed, they give off an aroma described as "reminiscent of a medicine cabinet"[1] or of Vicks.[3] The short inflorescences hold violet-blue flowers in whorls of two or three. The lower lip of the flower has a prominent white beeline, while the upper lip is short, straight, and one color.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA202.
- ↑ "Biographical Notes on Southern African Botanical Epithets". CalFlora. http://www.calflora.net/southafrica/plantnames.html.
- ↑ van der Walt, Liesl. "Salvia muirii L. Bol.". PlantZAfrica.com. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/salviamuirii.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q7406840 entry
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