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Colombian Hummingbird Sage

Salvia tortuosa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 64, February 58, March 34, April 66, May 64, June 31, July 29, August 25, September 63, October 26, November 40, December 42.
Ecuador542
Pichincha421
Napo59
Tungurahua21
Cotopaxi14
Imbabura11
Azuay8
Colombia7
Chimborazo3
Caldas2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusSages · Salvia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Colombian Hummingbird Sage with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.