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Salvia officinalis L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Sage
  • 🇫🇷 Sauge officinale

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superasterids
  • Clade: Asterids
  • Clade: Lamiids
  • Order: Lamiales
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Subfamily: Nepetoideae
  • Tribe: Mentheae
  • Subtribe: Salviinae
  • Genus: Salvia
  • Species: Salvia officinalis

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): NT Near Threatened
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • S. officinalis subsp. gallica (W.Lippert) Reales, D.Rivera & Obón, 2004, I;
  • S. officinalis subsp. officinalis L., 1753, I.

Hybridizes with S. fruticosa to produce S. × auriculata Mill., 1768, M.

Photographs

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Salvia officinalis
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Salvia officinalis
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Salvia officinalis
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Salvia officinalis
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Salvia officinalis - Leaves
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Salvia officinalis - Bracts hiding the flower buds

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