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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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Species
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Salvia occidentalis Swartz
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. 14, 1788.
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Description
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Herbs, annuals, prostrate, the branches ca 30-40 cm long, finely pubescent with small ? curved hairs, or glabrous. Leaves ovate to ? deltoid, acute, crenate- serrate along the distal margins, the bases obtuse, some truncate or rarely attenuate, to 6 cm long and 3 cm wide, glabrous, or the lower surface pubescent with short hairs; subsessile to petioles ca 1 cm long on lower leaves. Inflores- cences verticils, 6-10-flowered, pubescent with glandular-capitate hairs, the bracts broadly ovate and long-acuminate, or rhomboid, ca 2-3 mm long, pubescent. Flowers with pedicels ca 1-2.5 cm long; calyx tubular, ca 2-4 mm long at maturity, with glandular-capitate hairs, bilabiate, the upper lip mostly 5-9-veined; corolla tubular, ca 2.5 mm long, blue with white streaks, naked within, the upper lip ca 1.2-1.8 mm long, the lower lip weakly 3-lobed, ca 1.5-2 mm long; stamens mounted on the corolla throat, the anthers slender, ca 1 mm long; style slender, the stigma 2-lobed, the lobes flattened. Nutlets smooth, ca 1.5 mm long, usually only 1 maturing.
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Habit
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Herbs
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Distribution
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A weedy species of the American tropics.
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Specimen
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HERRERA: Oclu, 100 m, Allen 4089 (MO); vic of Ocui, Stern et al. 1705 (MO). LOS SANTOS: rd betw Macaracas & Chitre Hwy, Dwyer 3155 (MO); rd betw Tonosi & Macara- cas, Oliver et al. 3533 (MO). PANAMA: Taboga I, Allen 131 (MO), 1-350 m, Allen 1284 (MO); hills betw Copira & Potrero, 80-130 m, Dodge & Hunter 8611 (MO), 8629 (MO); forest along telephone trail but as a "weed" on trail betw Rioi Indio Hydrographic Sta. & Natural Bridge of Rio Puente, Dodge & Allen 1 7480 (MO); Vera Cruz beaches, Lewis et al. 3017 (MO).
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