Salvia honania
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Salvia honania is an annual or biennial plant that is native to fields and wet open areas in Henan
and Hubei
provinces in China. It grows on erect stems to 40 to 55 cm (15.7 to 21.7 in), with simple
or 3-foliolate leaves. Inflorescences are widely spaced 5-9 flowered verticillasters in terminal raceme
s or panicle
s.
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
and Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
provinces in China. It grows on erect stems to 40 to 55 cm (15.7 to 21.7 in), with simple
Leaf shape
In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms :* Acicular : Slender and pointed, needle-like* Acuminate : Tapering to a long point...
or 3-foliolate leaves. Inflorescences are widely spaced 5-9 flowered 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...
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.