Salvia chamelaeagnea flower

    Salvia chamelaeagnea flower
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Johan Wentzel

    The bloublomsalie, Afrikaans common name of Salvia chamelaeagnea, is a Western Cape shrub that may grow to 2 m. The whorls of blue flowers appear on the upper parts of the multiple stems from late spring to autumn. This is a popular garden plant, also widely used in indigenous medicine for a variety of stomach and chest ailments.

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