home   about   search

biodiversity explorer

the web of life in southern Africa

Salvia africana-lutea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Lamiaceae > Genus: Salvia

A perennial shrub growing to about 2 m high found mainly in sandy, coastal vegetation (strandveld) from Northern Cape, through Western Cape to the Eastern Cape, South Africa.