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  1. Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
    1. Genus: Salvia L.

      1. Salvia sclarea L.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Medit. to Central Asia.

    [FTEA]

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Salvia, RM Polhill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009

    Note
    Native of Europe to Central Asia
    Habit
    Short-lived perennial to 1 m, with coarsely hairy stems.
    Leaves
    Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, 7–14(–20) × 5–10 cm, coarsely serrate, pubescent; verticils 2–6-flowered.
    Bracts
    Bracts ± obscuring flowers, pink to mauve, ovate, acuminate, 15–35 mm long.
    Calyx
    Calyx usually coloured, campanulate, 10–13 mm long.
    Corolla
    Corolla 20–30 mm long; posterior lip lilac, falcate, longer than the broader, cream anterior lip.

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    Distribution

    Doubtfully present in:

    Morocco

    Native to:

    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

    Introduced into:

    Baleares, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Free State, Idaho, Kansas, Masachusettes, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington

    Salvia sclarea L. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Nov 1, 1988 Samuelsson, G. [2078], Lebanon K000315821
    Davis, P.H. [15831], Turkey K000315820

    First published in Sp. Pl.: 27 (1753)

    Accepted by

    • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
    • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
    • Manikandan, R., Chandrasekar, K. & Srivastava, S.K. (2012). Life form analysis of the family Lamiaceae in Jammu & Kashmir, India Phytotaxonomy 12: 7-19.
    • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
    • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
    • Manikandan, R., Chandrasekar, K. & Srivastava, S.K. (2012). Life form analysis of the family Lamiaceae in Jammu & Kashmir, India Phytotaxonomy 12: 7-19.
    • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
    • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • K.H.S., Gard. E. Afr.: 137 (1995)

    Sources

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Science Photographs
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