''Salvia grandifolia'' (Chinese clary) is a
perennial plant that is native to
Yunnan and
Sichuan provinces in China, found growing in gorges at elevation. ''S. grandifolia'' grows on erect stems to tall, with large
obovate leaves that are up to long and wide. Inflorescences are 2-flowered widely spaced verticillasters that form many-branched terminal
panicle
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...
s, with a purple-red corolla that is yellowish at its base, typically about long.
Notes
grandifolia
Flora of China
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