Salvia repens

Botanical Description

Salvia repens is a perennial plant, producing a few to several, simple or branched, stems from a creeping rhizome; it grows around 25 - 50cm tall, occasionally to 80cm[ 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an oramental, where it is sometimes used medicinally, and can be used to form a ground cover[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]