Salvia Somalensis
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''Salvia somalensis'' (Somalia sage) is a perennial
shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
endemic to a limited range and elevation in Somalia. It grows at elevations from to , typically in forest clearings or edges as a common or dominant subshrub. ''Salvia somalensis'' is a many-stemmed rangy plant that grows up to high and wide. The leaves are oblong and yellow-green, reaching long and wide. The pale wisteria-blue flowers grow in tight, many-flowered whorls, growing on inflorescences that are unusual in that they do not always grow on the terminal ends of stems.


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somalensis Flora of Somalia {{Salvia-stub