Salvia falcata
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Salvia falcata is a perennial shrub that is endemic to a very small area in NW Cundinamarca
in Colombia
, growing in dry bushland in a steep river valley at around 1000 m (3,280.8 ft) elevation—unusually low for red-flowered salvias.
Salvia falcata grows to 2 m (6.6 ft) tall, with 4-angle stems, and with many branches. The leaves are lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-ellipitic, ranging from 6 to 11 cm (2.4 to 4.3 in) long and 1.8 to 4.7 cm (0.708661417322835 to 1.9 in) wide. The inflorescence has single racemes in the leaf axils with a 2.6 to 2.8 cm (1 to 1.1 in) red corolla.
Cundinamarca Department
- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....
in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, growing in dry bushland in a steep river valley at around 1000 m (3,280.8 ft) elevation—unusually low for red-flowered salvias.
Salvia falcata grows to 2 m (6.6 ft) tall, with 4-angle stems, and with many branches. The leaves are lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-ellipitic, ranging from 6 to 11 cm (2.4 to 4.3 in) long and 1.8 to 4.7 cm (0.708661417322835 to 1.9 in) wide. The inflorescence has single racemes in the leaf axils with a 2.6 to 2.8 cm (1 to 1.1 in) red corolla.