Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn. is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn.

Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn.

Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn. is an annual herb of tropical Americas growing to 60 cm tall with small pink to blue flowers.

Family
Genus
Salvia
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn.

Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn. is an annual herb widely distributed across tropical America. It can grow up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. Its leaves are long-petiolate, ovate-triangular, and measure 2.5 to 4 cm (0.98 to 1.57 inches) in both length and width. The inflorescence consists of terminal racemes, and its individual flowers have a pink, pale lilac, or blue corolla that is 5 mm (0.20 inches) long.

Photo: (c) Randall Jiménez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Randall Jiménez · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Lamiaceae Salvia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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