Monographs Details:
Authority:

Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:

Lamiaceae
Scientific Name:

Salvia occidentalis Sw.
Description:

Species Description - Annual; stems ascending, decumbent or prostrate, branched, densely pubescent at least above, 0.5-2 m. long. Leaves ovate, 2-5 cm. long, serrate, shortpetioled, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or subtruncate at the base; panicles narrow, 0.5-3 dm. long, the clusters few-flowered, the lower ones distant, the upper close together; calyx about 3 mm. long densely glandular pubescent, ribbed, the upper lip obtuse, the lobes of the lower lip acute; corolla blue, about 5 mm. long, its tube a little shorter than the calyx; nutlets about 2 mm. long.

Distribution:

Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| Bermuda South America|