''Salvia anastomosans'' is a plant species native to the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Type specimen was collected in

Teposcolula District Teposcolula District is located in the center of the Mixteca Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Municipalities The district includes the following municipalities: * Chilapa de Diaz * La Trinidad Vista Hermosa * San Andrés Lagunas * San An ...

, near Tamazulapán at an elevation of approximately 2250 m (7500 feet). ''Salvia anastomosans'' is a branching shrub up to 2 m (80 inches) tall. Much of the shoot is covered with small branching hairs. Leaf blades are narrowly oblong, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. Flowers are borne in racemes in the

axils A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

of the leaves and at the tips of the branches, with the flowers in clumps at the nodes. The

calyx Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to: Biology * Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures ...

appears white because of the dense covering of branched hairs.

Corolla Corolla may refer to: *Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit *Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name * Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown * ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...

is blue. The species epithet "anastomosans" refers to the unusual anastamosing nature of the veins in the leaf, forming an interconnecting network rather than having each vein end abruptly without connecting with another.Ramamoorthy, Thennilapuram Parasuraman. 1984. Notes on ''Salvia'' (Labiatae) in Mexico, with three new species. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 65(1):135-143
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