TABLE 1 in Rediscovery of Salvia dugesiana (Lamiaceae) in Guanajuato, Mexico, after 129 years

TABLE 1. Comparison of morphological characters, habitat and distribution between Salvia dugesiana and S. karwinskii.
CharactersS. dugesianaS. karwinskiiHabitperennial herb to subshrubsubshrubSTEAMIndumentdensely pilose with simple hairs, and some glandular-capitate along young branchestomentose with dendritic hairsLEAVESblade shapeovate to ovate-lanceolateovate to elliptic-ovateblade size (cm)(4.4–)8–14 × (2.1–)4–8.3(4–)10–13 × (2–)3.5–6base shapeshort cuneate to obliquerounded to truncate, rarely rounded and then attenuateapex shapeacuteacuminate to acutepubescence on beneath surfacemoderately pilose with simple hairs mainly along the veinstomentose with dendritic hairs dispersed throughout the surfaceINFLORESCENCElength (cm)7.8–17(–27)10–18(–25)pubescense of floral axispilose with glandular-capitate hairspilose with glandular-capitate hairs, and scarce dendritic hairs dispersed on the surfacenumber of flowers per floral nodes(4–)6–12(–18)(4–)6–14FLORAL BRACTshapeovate to ovate-lanceolateovatesize (mm)3.7–10 × 1.7–612–17(–30) × 1.5–4colorredredapex shapecaudatecaudatedurationdeciduousdeciduousbracteolesabsentpresentCALYXsize (mm)10–16 × 3.8–5.2(–7)12–18 × 7–10pubescensehirtellous with glandular-capitate hairshirtellous with glandular-capitate hairsupper lip shapeacuminate and then long caudateacuminate and then long caudateCOROLLAcolorredredpubescenseshort pilose and with some tiny glandular- capitate hairs in the lipsshort pilose and with some tiny glandular- capitate hairs in the lipstube size (mm)20–26 × 6.3–8.7(18–)21–30 × 4.5–6tube shapeslightly ventricose and straight at baseslightly ventricose and invaginated at basenumber of internal papillae02habitattropical deciduous forestpine-oak forest and montane cloud forestdistributionGuanajuatoSouthern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca,Puebla and Veracruz) and northern Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua)