Lamiaceae
Salvia

Salvia leucantha Cav.

First published in Icon. 1: 16 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 700–3400 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Subshrub.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Cultivated in Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 700 - 3400 m.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Morphology General Habit
Subshrub.
[UPB]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 700 - 3400 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto
[CPLC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
bella salvia, cordón de obispo, salvia, terciopelo
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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 Mexico
Morphology General Habit
Shrubby herb up to 1 m tall, with white lanate stems often flushed violet above.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, 6–11(–15) × 1–2(–3) cm, white lanate beneath; verticils ± 8flowered.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts small, lanate, deciduous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tubular-campanulate, 8–12 mm long, shortly 2-lipped, lanate with white to mostly violet hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white, tubular, 16–20 mm long, white lanate; lobes relatively short, with anterior lip equalling or shorter than posterior lip.
[FTEA]

Uses

Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Sources

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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