Salvia tigrina
Salvia tigrina
Musa adaçayı
Perennial herb. Stems erect, to c. 60 cm, unbranched, quadrangular, glabrous and glaucous below, glandular-villous above. Leaves pinnatisect, with an ovate terminal segment c. 8-11 x 5-7 cm and 2 pairs of smaller lateral segments; margins subentire; petiole c. 8 cm. Verticillasters 3-5-flowered, clearly distant. Bracts oblong, c. 4 mm. Pedicels 6-9 mm, erecto-patent. Calyx tubular-infundibular, 16-19 mm, glandular-villous; upper lip tridentate with c. 2 mm spinulose teeth. Corolla yellow with dark brown spots, 32-36 mm; tube straight, densely annulate c. 9 mm from base; upper lip ± straight, 8-10 mm. Stamens A. Nutlets ±ovate, smooth, c. 5 x 4 mm. Fl. 6. Hedges, c. 800 m,
Endemic. E. Medit. element.
