Salvia staminea
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Salvia staminea is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to a wide area in Asia Minor that includes Turkey
, Georgia
, Armenia
, and Iran
, where it grows at elevations from 6000 feet (1,828.8 m) to 14000 feet (4,267.2 m). It is typically found growing in alpine meadows, screes, and cliffs, sometimes growing with scrub oak. Due to the wide variety of habitats in which it is found, there is a wide degree of variation in the species. It was first described in 1836 and has only slowly come into use in horticulture.
Salvia staminea is an erect plant that grows up to 2.5 foot (0.762 m) tall and less in width. The dark green ovate leaves grow on a petiole and vary in size, reaching up to 6 inches (15.2 cm) long and 2 inches (5.1 cm) wide. The flowers are creamy to off-white, and less than 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) long. The branched inflorescences reaches 2 foot (0.6096 m) long, with two to six flowers growing in spaced whorls.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, where it grows at elevations from 6000 feet (1,828.8 m) to 14000 feet (4,267.2 m). It is typically found growing in alpine meadows, screes, and cliffs, sometimes growing with scrub oak. Due to the wide variety of habitats in which it is found, there is a wide degree of variation in the species. It was first described in 1836 and has only slowly come into use in horticulture.
Salvia staminea is an erect plant that grows up to 2.5 foot (0.762 m) tall and less in width. The dark green ovate leaves grow on a petiole and vary in size, reaching up to 6 inches (15.2 cm) long and 2 inches (5.1 cm) wide. The flowers are creamy to off-white, and less than 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) long. The branched inflorescences reaches 2 foot (0.6096 m) long, with two to six flowers growing in spaced whorls.