Salvia coahuilensis

Salvia coahuilensis is a perennial shrub native to the Sierra Madre Oriental in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is a low-growing evergreen, under 2.5 ft in height and width, with many woody branches growing from the base. It has 1 in long beet-purple flowers, and 1 in long widely spaced, linear olive-green leaves.[1]

Salvia coahuilensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. coahuilensis
Binomial name
Salvia coahuilensis

Notes

  1. Clebsch, Betsy; Barner, Carol D. (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9.


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