''Salvia cyanotropha'' is a rare and little known perennial ''Salvia'' that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the Ocaña region and the

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (English: ''Snow-Covered Mountain Range of Saint Martha'') is an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, separate from the Andes range that runs through the north of the country. Reaching an elevation of ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. It is found in dryland gullies at elevation. ''S. cayanotropha'' grows up to high, with shortly petiolate/ovate leaves that are long and wide. The inflorescence has terminal racemes that are long, with a blue corolla and a veined upper lip.

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cyanotropha Endemic flora of Colombia {{Salvia-stub