Salvia stenophylla

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 Salvia stenophylla subsp. var.  
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Salvia stenophylla is a perennial shrub native to a wide area in South Africa, growing on grassy or stony slopes, and in open countryside or among shrubs. It has been used traditionally as a disinfectant, by burning it in huts after sickness, and also mixed with tobacco for smoking. Its specific epithet, stenophylla, refers to the narrow leaves.[1]

Salvia stenophylla is a many-branched and upright shrub that reaches up to 2 ft m tall and wide in the wild, less in cultivation. The stems are square and lightly covered with hairs. The sparsely spaced leaves are pinnatid, growing up to 2 in cm long and .5 in cm wide, with ten pairs of narrow segments that have glands. These glands give off a wood-like aroma when brushed. The tiny pale blue flowers grow in whorls of six to eight, and are held in a calyx that is hairy and covered with oil glands.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Clebsch, Betsy; Carol D. Barner (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780881925609. http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA284. 

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