''Salvia heterochroa'' is a
perennial plant that is native to
Yunnan province in China, found growing on grassy slopes at elevation. ''S. heterochroa'' grows on one or two stems, with
elliptic-ovate leaves that range in size from long and wide.
Inflorescences are 2-6 flowered widely spaced verticillasters in raceme-
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. The plant has a dark purple or blue-purple corolla that is .
Notes
heterochroa
Flora of China
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