Salvia moorcroftiana

Salvia moorcroftiana Wall. ex Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 67 1830. (Syn: Lesemia coccinea Raf.; Salvia gasterantha Briq.; Salvia grahamii Benth.; Salvia lemmonii A.Gray; Salvia microphylla var. canescens A.Gray; Salvia microphylla var. wislizeni A.Gray; Salvia obtusa M.Martens & Galeotti; Salvia odoratissima Sessé & Moc.);

Salvia moorcroftiana: leaves 10-25 cm long, 4-15 cm broad, inflorescence branched, flowers lilac.

Salvia lanata: leaves 5-10 cm long, mostly basal, less than 3 cm broad, inflorescence mostly unbranched, flowers violet to blue

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Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae, Salvia moorcroftiana from Kashmir: Salvia moorcroftiana characterised by it rugose leaves and pale purple flowers with long corolla tube.
Very common in Kashmir valley in waste places.

Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight:Lamiaceae,Salvia moorcroftiana from Kashmir-GSMAY129/132 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Salvia moorcroftiana characterised by it rugose leaves and pale purple flowers with long corolla tube.
Very common in Kashmir valley in waste places.

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Pampore Karewas on June 20, 2010;

Salvia-moorcroftiana-macrosiphon-sclarea from Kashmir: two plants and three species – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae Plant for ID SMP 07/07/2011:
observed this Lamiaceae plant in SF Bot. park. in Jun 11.
Can this be Lavandula Silver frost?
In a separate thread I am posting Lavandula Silver frost plant without flower; but I doubt this is same or not(This was close to the labelled plant)

This is Salvia.
If in Botanical Garden it could be Himalayan Salvia moorcroftiana

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Dachigam wildflower ID: SJ-26May2012 – Flower 1:
Dachigam WLS is full of wild flowers. The photos were taken last week.
Would much appreciate ID help.

Good that you visited Dachhigam. I have already visited it twice this month. This is Salvia moorcroftiana, a common herb on dry slopes, roadsides and wastelands in Kashmir.

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Salvia lanata from Kishtwar J&K:

Kindly confirm ID

Bot. name: Salvia lanata

Family: Lamiaceae

Location: Kishtwar J&K

Altitude: 1600 m asl
Date: 15th April 2012

It resembles closely to S.lanata. BUT please do not rely only on photo-identification, check with hard core taxonomic literature and specimen comparison (if you are a research worker in plant sciences).

Looking at the relative size of basal leaves and inflorescence, I think it is Salvia moorcroftiana.
Salvia lanata: leaves 5-10 cm long, mostly basal, less than 3 cm broad, inflorescence mostly unbranched, flowers violet to blue
Salvia moorcroftiana: leaves 10-25 cm long, 4-15 cm broad, inflorescence branched, flowers lilac.

Thanks a lot for your detailed inputs…