Lamiaceae
Salvia

Salvia aegyptiaca L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 23 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia to NW. India. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Subshrub, much branched, 0.08–0.2(–0.4) m tall
Morphology Leaves
Leaves shortly petiolate or subsessile, narrowly elliptic, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, up to 20–55 × 3–8 mm, apex acute or narrowly obtuse, margin minutely crenate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes 1–3-flowered; bracteoles present
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Fruiting calyx
Fruiting calyx 5–7 mm long; upper lip with incurved, less than 1 mm long lateral lobes and a minute midlobe; lower lip with c. 3 mm long lanceolate slightly acuminate lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla c. 6–7 mm long, pale lilac, lavender or white with marking of darker dots; upper lip almost straight, shorter than the lower lip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Filaments c. 2.5 mm long; lower theca fertile; connectives c. 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets 1.5–2 × 0.8–1.1 mm, black, producing mucilage when wet.
Distribution
N3 also from the Cap Verde and the Canary Is, through North Africa, Eritrea, Arabia, Iran and Pakistan to western India.
Ecology
Altitude c. 800 m.
[FSOM]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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