Salvia nubigena
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Salvia nubigena is a perennial undershrub endemic to a very small region in the Rio Concavo Valley 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...

. It if found on rough bushland on boulder covered slopes, growing at elevations from 3500 to 3800 m (11,482.9 to 12,467.2 ft).

The plant reaches 1 to 2.5 m (3.3 to 8.2 ft) high, with 4-angled stems. The narrow lanceolate or ovate leaves are 3 to 7 cm (1.2 to 2.8 in) long and 1.3 to 2 cm (0.511811023622047 to 0.78740157480315 in) wide. The inflorescence of terminal racemes is 5 to 15 cm (2 to 5.9 in) long, with a deep pink 2.1 cm (0.826771653543307 in) corolla.
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