Salvia campanulata
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Salvia campanulata is a perennial plant
that is native to Xizang and Yunnan
provinces in China, along with locations in Bhutan, India (Sikkim
), Myanmar, and Nepal. It is typically found growing at 800 to 3800 m (2,624.7 to 12,467.2 ft) elevation in and around forests, on hillsides, and in valleys. There are four named varieties.
The plant grows on erect stems, reaching 43 to 80 cm (16.9 to 31.5 in) tall, with leaves that are cordate
to ovate-truncate and growing 4 to 18 cm (1.6 to 7.1 in) long and 3.5 to 13.5 cm (1.4 to 5.3 in) wide. Inflorescences are widely spaced verticillasters in terminal raceme
-panicle
s that are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long, with a yellow corolla that is approximately 2.7 cm (1.1 in).
The named varieties are due to differences in leaf hairs and texture, and differences in the bract and calyx:
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 Xizang and 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...
provinces in China, along with locations in Bhutan, India (Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...
), Myanmar, and Nepal. It is typically found growing at 800 to 3800 m (2,624.7 to 12,467.2 ft) elevation in and around forests, on hillsides, and in valleys. There are four named varieties.
The plant grows on erect stems, reaching 43 to 80 cm (16.9 to 31.5 in) tall, with leaves that are cordate
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-truncate and growing 4 to 18 cm (1.6 to 7.1 in) long and 3.5 to 13.5 cm (1.4 to 5.3 in) wide. Inflorescences are widely spaced verticillasters in terminal 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...
-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 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long, with a yellow corolla that is approximately 2.7 cm (1.1 in).
The named varieties are due to differences in leaf hairs and texture, and differences in the bract and calyx:
- Salvia campanulata var. campanulata
- Salvia campanulata var. codonantha
- Salvia campanulata var. fissa
- Salvia campanulata var. hirtella