Salvia macrophylla
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Salvia macrophylla is a perennial undershrub native to Colombia
, Peru
, and Bolivia
. In Colombia it is a rare plant, found growing on roadside banks in the south, at elevations from 1400 to 2400 m (4,593.2 to 7,874 ft).
The plant has many decumbent and upright stems reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) high and spreading into a large bush. The triangular-hastate leaves are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long and 8 to 15 cm (3.1 to 5.9 in) wide, and violet on the underside. The leaves have many glands, and are sticky and aromatic. The corolla is blue, 2.5 cm (0.984251968503937 in) long, with the upper lip smaller than the lower, growing on 15 to 25 cm (5.9 to 9.8 in) branches.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. In Colombia it is a rare plant, found growing on roadside banks in the south, at elevations from 1400 to 2400 m (4,593.2 to 7,874 ft).
The plant has many decumbent and upright stems reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) high and spreading into a large bush. The triangular-hastate leaves are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long and 8 to 15 cm (3.1 to 5.9 in) wide, and violet on the underside. The leaves have many glands, and are sticky and aromatic. The corolla is blue, 2.5 cm (0.984251968503937 in) long, with the upper lip smaller than the lower, growing on 15 to 25 cm (5.9 to 9.8 in) branches.