''Salvia falcata'' is a perennial shrub that is
endemic
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to a very small area in NW
Cundinamarca in
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 ...
, growing in dry bushland in a steep river valley at around elevation—unusually low for red-flowered salvias.
''Salvia falcata'' grows to tall, with 4-angle stems, and with many branches. The leaves are lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-ellipitic, ranging from long and wide. The inflorescence has single racemes in the leaf axils with a red corolla.
Notes
falcata
The falcata is a type of sword typical of pre-Roman Iberia. The falcata was used to great effect for warfare in the ancient Iberian peninsula, and is firmly associated with the southern Iberian tribes, among other ancient peoples of Hispania. ...
Endemic flora of Colombia
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