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Salvia officinalis (kitchen sage)

Synonyms: Betonica brachyodonta; Salvia officinalis f. lavandulifolia; Salvia officinalis minor (pro parte); Salvia officinalis var. lavandulifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Salvia officinalis (sage, also called garden sage, or common sage) is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the family Lamiaceae and is native to the Mediterranean region, though it has naturalized in many places throughout the world. It has a long history of medicinal and culinary use, and in modern times as an ornamental garden plant. The common name "sage" is also used for a number of related and unrelated species.
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Infraspecies

Salvia officinalis gallica
Salvia officinalis lavandulifolia (Spanish sage) (Attributes)
Salvia officinalis multiflora
Salvia officinalis officinalis
Salvia officinalis oxyodon

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The leaves emit a unique pungent aroma when pressed;
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  The leaves make excellent tooth cleaners; The purple-leafed form of sage has tougher leaves and is better for cleaning the teeth; The leaves have antiseptic properties and can heal diseased gums; An essential oil from the leaves is used in perfumery, hair shampoos (it is good for dark hair) and as a food flavouring; It is a very effective 'fixer' in perfumes; The plant (the flowers?) is an alternative ingredient of 'QR' herbal compost activator; This is a dried and powdered mixture of several herbs that can be added to a compost heap in order to speed up bacterial activity and thus shorten the time needed to make the compost; The growing or dried plant is said to repel insects, it is especially useful when grown amongst cabbages and carrots; It was formerly used as a strewing herb; A good dense ground cover plant for sunny positions, though it needs weeding for the first year or two; They are best spaced about 60cm apart each way;
Height [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Avon Gorge Woodlands 376 England, United Kingdom
Burnham Beeches 946 England, United Kingdom  
Humber Estuary 90582 England, United Kingdom
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Golovinomyces biocellatus[5]
Peronospora lamii[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0