Salvia cinica

Salvia cinica is a perennial plant that is native to the hills of Anhui and Zhejiang provinces in China. S. cinica grows on one to a few erect stems to 50 to 100 cm (20 to 39 in) tall, with stem leaves that are narrowly ovate and smaller terminal leaflets that are ovate to oblong-lanceolate. Inflorescences are 5–12 flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes, with a corolla that is tawny, purplish or purple on the upper lip, 1.6 to 2.2 cm (0.63 to 0.87 in).[1]

Salvia cinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. cinica
Binomial name
Salvia cinica
Migo

Notes

  1. "Lamiaceae" (PDF). Flora of China. Harvard University. 17: 165. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-14.


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