Salvia bulleyana
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Salvia bulleyana is a perennial plant
that is native to Yunnan
province in China, growing on hillsides at 2100 to 3400 m (6,889.8 to 11,154.9 ft) elevation. S. bulleyana grows on a few branched stems with ovate
to ovate-triangular leaves.
Inflorescences are 4 flowered verticillasters in loose raceme
s or panicle
s that are 15 to 30 cm (5.9 to 11.8 in), with a purple-blue corolla that is 2 cm (0.78740157480315 in).
S. bulleyana is closely related to and commonly mistaken for another Yunnan Salvia, Salvia flava
. In Great Britain and the U.S. nursery trade, S. flava is often sold as S. bulleyana. The flowers of S. bulleyana are purple-blue with no spotting, while S. flava has yellow to yellow-brown flowers with a purple spot on the lower lip.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
that is native to Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
province in China, growing on hillsides at 2100 to 3400 m (6,889.8 to 11,154.9 ft) elevation. S. bulleyana grows on a few branched stems with ovate
Leaf shape
In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms :* Acicular : Slender and pointed, needle-like* Acuminate : Tapering to a long point...
to ovate-triangular leaves.
Inflorescences are 4 flowered verticillasters in loose raceme
Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
s or panicle
Panicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
s that are 15 to 30 cm (5.9 to 11.8 in), with a purple-blue corolla that is 2 cm (0.78740157480315 in).
S. bulleyana is closely related to and commonly mistaken for another Yunnan Salvia, Salvia flava
Salvia flava
Salvia flava is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to Yunnan province in China, growing in large numbers at 7,500-13,000 ft elevation. It grows on hillsides and along streambanks in gravelly soil with maples, willows, viburnum, berberis, and clematis....
. In Great Britain and the U.S. nursery trade, S. flava is often sold as S. bulleyana. The flowers of S. bulleyana are purple-blue with no spotting, while S. flava has yellow to yellow-brown flowers with a purple spot on the lower lip.