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Salvia aegyptiaca (Egyptian sage) is a herbaceous plant species belonging to the Lamiaceae family.
S. aegyptiaca is found in the Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, NW and N. Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Arabian peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India.[1]
It is herbaceous, with erect-ascending stems. The leaves are oblong to linear-elliptic, rugulose, serrated. This species has inflorescences of simple racemes, sometimes branched. Bracts are present. The corolla has a blue-violet color.[1]
Salvia aegyptiaca has been studied due to its uses in folk medicine in the Old World to treat diarrhoea, gonorrhoea and haemorrhoids, plus it has been used as demulcent, antispasmodic, cicatrizant, antiseptic and stomachic.
(From Wikipedia on 27.5.15)
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Native to Oman, found high up in the Hajjar Mountains.

Common name Egyptian Sage.


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Need help with tiny purple flower id (Lamiaceae?): 2 images.
Neemrana

4/4/2021


Pleudia aegyptiaca (L.) M.Will, N.Schmalz & Class.-Bockh. ?
Syn : Salvia aegyptiaca L.


Probably Salvia aegyptica


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