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Salvia forskaehlei

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Salvia forskaehlei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. forskaehlei
Binomial name
Salvia forskaehlei
Synonyms[1]
  • Salvia bifida Forssk.
  • Salvia bithynica Briq. & Post
  • Salvia bulgarica Davidov
  • Salvia forskohlei L.
  • Salvia longepetiolata K.Koch
  • Salvia pontica Freyn & Bornm. ex Hand.-Mazz.
  • Terepis forskaehlei (L.) Raf.

Salvia forskaehlei, synonym Salvia forskohlei, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae native to Bulgaria and Turkey.[1] The spelling Salvia forsskaolei is also used.[2] It is a herbaceous perennial plant. It grows up to 6,000 ft (1800 m) elevation in broad-leaved and coniferous forests, meadows, and on steep banks. It was named after Finnish explorer and naturalist Peter Forsskål, a student of Carl Linnaeus who collected plants in southwest Arabia in the 18th century.

Description

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The plant grows into large basal clumps 2 ft (0.6 m) tall and wide, with hairy leaves that are parsley-green in spring, turning dark green in summer. The flower whorls are few and widely spaced, with the flower a showy two-lipped violet-blue color that has white streaks with yellow markings on the lower lip.[3]

Taxonomy

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The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 work Mantissa Plantarum where he spelt the epithet forskaehlei.[4] In the 12th edition of Systema Naturae, also published in 1767, Linnaeus spelt the epithet forskohlei,[5] although referring back to Mantissa Plantarum.[6]: 67  Plants of the World Online treats S. forskohlei as a synonym of S. forskaehlei.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Salvia forskaehlei L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  2. ^ "Salvia forsskaolei L." Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  3. ^ Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9.
  4. ^ "Salvia forskaehlei". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  5. ^ "Salvia forskaehlei". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  6. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1767). Systema naturae : per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. 2 (12th ed.).