Salvia misella

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Salvia misella

Description

Slender herb, creeping, decumbent, sometimes erect, to 75 cm. Leaves membranaceous, lanceolate-ovate or ovate, 1.5-4 (-6) by 0.8-2.5(-4) cm, acute; Flowers 2-3 in a verticillaster, in terminal spikes, 6-15 cm long, very slender.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Flores present, Guadalcanal present, Kangean Is present, Lesser Sunda Is present, New Caledonia present, Solomon Is present, Sumbawa present, Timor present, W.-E. Java present, tropical America
Native of tropical America, locally naturalized in Malesia: W.-E. Java and Lesser Sunda Is. (Kangean Is., Sumbawa, Flores, Timor), also in Queensland, the Solomon Is. (Guadalcanal) and New Caledonia.

Citation

EPLING 1938 – In: Fedde, Rep. Beih. 110: 16
STEEN. 1938: pp. 1936-1940. – In: Bergcultures
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 297
BACK. & BAKH.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 627