Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Lamiaceae / Labiatae
Salvia santolinifolia Boiss.
English name:
Local name: Shwanko.
Description:
A suffruticose, much branched small erect or semi-prostrate herb to subshrub.
Leaves small leathery, sessile, opposite, margin wavy. Flowers small, purple usually
in pairs, attached with very short stalk along an elongated axis, calyx typically with
long hairs.
Flowering Period:
Almost round the year.
Habitat:
Frequent in many parts of Pakistan, growing in a wide
variety of habitats such as sandy plains, rocky slopes,
wadis, shale slopes and roadsides.
Uses:
The leaves and roots are used as demulscent in
diarrhea and haemorhoides.
Distribution:
Iran,Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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