Salvia nilotica SEEDS

Salvia nilotica seeds grow into the Nile sage a perennial herb or subshrub native to the subtropical biome of East Africa and the Horn of Africa, growing in scrub, grassland and disturbed habitats from Ethiopia and Somalia south through Kenya and Uganda to Tanzania. The epithet nilotica means ‘of the Nile’. An East African sage of the Nile basin and surrounding region, used in African traditional medicine. Family Lamiaceae.

Full sun; well-drained soils; warm subtropical East African conditions; drought-tolerant.

• ‘Nilotica’ = of the Nile; East African sage; Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania; traditional medicine
• Scrub, grassland and disturbed habitats; drought-tolerant; Nile basin distribution
• East Africa and Horn of Africa subtropical biome; scrub and grassland habitats
• Genus Salvia ~900 species; Family Lamiaceae
• Full sun; well-drained soils; drought-tolerant; warm subtropical; Family Lamiaceae

Salvia nilotica is the Nile sage an East African aromatic sage of the Nile basin and surrounding subtropical zone, a traditional medicinal plant of the Ethiopian and East African grassland and scrub flora contributing to the remarkable diversity of the genus Salvia (the world’s largest plant genus with ~900 species) in the African continent.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.