• Family : Lamiaceae
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Salvia integrifolia Hardw.; Salvia mukerjeei Bennet & Raizada; Stenarrhena lanata D.Don
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Salvia cana Wall. ex Benth.
• Common name : Woolly Sage
• Habit : Herb
• Key identification features : Sepals tube is sticky hairy, ribbed, 2-lipped with spine-tipped teeth. Bracts rounded, broader than long, abruptly pointed. Leaves are only at the base, narrow, oblong-lancelike, without a stalk, mostly 8-15 cm. The leaves are also densely white-woolly beneath, obscurely toothed.
• Flower, Fruit : April-June
• Distribution :
  • Kashmir : Kashmir
• Native : Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
• Literature : Photographs of Shakir Ahmad
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Salvia cana. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.

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