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Leucophyllum langmaniae

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Leucophyllum langmaniae
Leucophyllum langmaniae in flower.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Leucophyllum
Species:
L. langmaniae
Binomial name
Leucophyllum langmaniae

Leucophyllum langmaniae is a shrub native of Mexico (Chihuahuan Desert), semi-evergreen, with gray-green leaves of velvety texture. Its shape is branched and compact, forming a rounded mass of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high and wide. The flowers are lavender. They appear in the fall, and are even more abundant if drought or heat waves were important.[2]

Leucophyllum langmaniae is called Langman's sage or Rio Bravo sage. However, it is not a true sage and it has no systematics relationship to the genus Salvia.

The specific epithet langmaniae was given in honor of Ida Kaplan Langman.

References

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  1. ^ Henrickson, James; Flyr, L. David (1985). "Systematics of Leucophyllum and Eremogeton (Scrophulariaceae)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 11: 140–141.
  2. ^ Filippi, Olivier (2007). Pour un jardin sans arrosage (For a garden without irrigation) (in French). Arles: Actes Sud. p. 140. ISBN 978-2-7427-6730-4.