Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Salvia deserti Decne. |
Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 2: 248 (1834) |
Native Range | Israel to Saudi Arabia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | grey lanate, leaves few, ovate to oblong, petiolate, obtuse, 10-15mm, crenate, margins revolute, obtuse, whorls 4-8-flowered, calyx floccose-hirsute, corolla glabrous |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bluish violet, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pleudia deserti (Decne.) M.Will & al. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |