''Salvia campanulata'' is a

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that is native to

Xizang The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of Ü ...

and

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provinces in China, along with locations in Bhutan, India (

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), Myanmar, and Nepal. It is typically found growing at elevation in and around forests, on hillsides, and in valleys. There are four named varieties. The plant grows on erect stems, reaching tall, with leaves that are

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to ovate-truncate and growing long and wide. Inflorescences are widely spaced verticillasters in terminal

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s that are long, with a yellow corolla that is approximately . The named varieties are due to differences in leaf hairs and texture, and differences in the bract and calyx: *''Salvia campanulata'' var. ''campanulata'' *''Salvia campanulata'' var. ''codonantha'' *''Salvia campanulata'' var. ''fissa'' *''Salvia campanulata'' var. ''hirtella''

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campanulata Flora of China {{Salvia-stub