''Salvia ekimiana'' is a
perennial plant that is endemic to Central
Anatolia in Turkey, growing in open pine forest and
alpine steppe
The Alpine-steppe is a high altitude natural alpine grassland, which is a part of the Montane grasslands and shrublands biome.
Alpine-steppes are unique ecosystems found throughout the world, especially in Asia, where they make up 38.9% of the to ...
at elevation.
''S. ekimiana'' grows on erect to ascending stems to , with mostly basal leaves that are generally
oblong, or ovate to oblong or oblanceolate. The leaves are long and wide. The corolla is white with a lilac hood, , and with a greyish calyx with a violet stripe. The specific epithet honors professor Tuna Ekim, a Turkish botanist.
Notes
ekimiana
Flora of Turkey
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