''Salvia anatolica'' is a rare

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that is endemic to a small area between

Divriği Divriği (formerly Tephrike, Greek: Τεφρική) is a small town and district of Sivas Province of Turkey. The town lies on gentle slope on the south bank of the Çaltısuyu river, a tributary of the Karasu river. The Great Mosque and Hospita ...

and

Kemaliye Kemaliye (formerly Eğin) ( hy, Ակն, Romanized Old Armenian: ''Akn'', meaning "spring") is both a town in and one of the nine districts of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The town is known for its historic architect ...

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, growing on stony slopes and oak scrub forest at elevation. It is similar to another ''Salvia'' that is endemic to Turkey, '' S. bracteata''. ''S. anatolica'' grows on a few erect stems to with mostly basal leaves. Terminal leaves are ovate-elliptic to lanceolate and are long and wide. The inflorescence grows well above the leaves and is long. The yellow corolla is . The plant blooms in May and June and is a hemicryptophyte.

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anatolica Flora of Turkey {{Salvia-stub