Salvia Exserta
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''Salvia exserta'' is a species of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the family ''
Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
''. It is an annual herb that is native to the Rio Grande basin in Bolivia, and south into Argentina. It grows in stony ground in dry woodland at elevation. ''S. exserta'' reaches up to high, with long petiolate leaves that are by . The inflorescence of terminal racemes is long, with a red corolla that is . The corolla has an upper lip that is much longer than the lower.


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exserta Flora of Bolivia Taxa named by August Grisebach {{Salvia-stub