''Salvia nilotica'' is a perennial shrub growing in the eastern African highlands from Ethiopia to Zimbabwe, between elevation. It has many creeping rhizomes and stems about tall. The small flowers, in whorls of 6–8, range from purple to rose to white.

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nilotica Flora of Ethiopia Flora of Zimbabwe Plants described in 1776 Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin {{Salvia-stub