Salvia namaensis

Salvia namaensis, the klipsalie (stone salvia) in Afrikaans, is an herbaceous shrub that grows many square woody branches and may exceed 1 m in height. It has intricately lobed sticky and aromatic leaves, the smallest lobes at the base. The wrinkly upper leaf surface is rough from its net-veining. There are hairs and oil globules on the leaf surfaces, especially hairy below.

The corollas of the flowers are two-lipped and white, blue or pink in colour. The plant is a commonly seen in gardens and fast growing.

It is found in much of the Karoo, some of the Little Karoo, Eastern Cape, the Free State, Namibia and Botswana (www.plantzafrica.com; Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2010).