Biology:Salvia verbenaca

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Salvia verbenaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Salvia
Species:	S. verbenaca
Binomial name
Salvia verbenaca L.
Synonyms
Horminum verbenacum Larnastyra claytonii Larnastyra verbenaca Salvia acutata Salvia agrestis Salvia ambigua Salvia anglica Salvia anselmii Salvia barcinonensis Salvia barnolae Salvia basilii Salvia betonicifolia Salvia byzantina Salvia candollei Salvia ceratophylla Salvia clandestina Link de Bary & Paul Ten. Sm., nom. illeg. Lowe Sennen, nom. nud. Sennen Brot. Pourr. Sennen Rouy (Pourr.) Rouy, nom. superfl. (Vahl) Rouy, nom. illeg. Steud. Sm. De Not. ex Briq., nom. illeg. Coss. & Balansa Savi Font Quer ex Sennen Sennen (L.) Batt. (Pourr.) Nyman (Pomel) Quézel & Santa ex Greuter, Burdet & G.Long C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li Moench Gallitrichum anglicum Jord. & Fourr. Salvia pallidiflora Salvia pyrenaica Salvia sibthorpii Salvia theodori Salvia verbenaca subsp. claudi Salvia verbenaca subsp. multifida Salvia verbenacoides Gallitrichum arvale Jord. & Fourr. Salvia claytonii Salvia collina Salvia discolor Gallitrichum candollei Salvia electa Salvia erosa Salvia gracilis Timb.-Lagr. Salvia illyrica Salvia laciniata Salvia linnaei subsp. clandestina Gallitrichum clandestinum Salvia linnaei subsp. verbenaca Salvia mediterranea Salvia neglecta (L.) Fourr. St.-Amans Gallitrichum dichroanthum Bory & Chaub., nom. illeg. Jord. & Fourr. Sennen Gallitrichum horminoides Brot. (Pourr.) Timb.-Lagr. Gallitrichum maculatum Jord. & Fourr. Gallitrichum pallidiflorum (St.-Amans) Jord. & Fourr. Gallitrichum ptychophyllum Jord. & Fourr. Gallitrichum rosulatum Jord. & Fourr. Gallitrichum rubellum Jord. & Fourr. Gallitrichum stereocaulon Jord. & Fourr. Gallitrichum verbenacum (L.) Fourr. Gallitrichum virgatum Jord. & Fourr. Horminum parviflorum Moench Horminum sylvestre Gray (L.) Mill. (Elliott) Raf. (L.) Raf. Link Vill., nom. illeg. Rochebr. & Sav., nom. illeg. (Jord. & Fourr.) Verl., Arv.-Touv. & Faure Sennen Sennen Sennen, nom. nud. Sennen Lam., nom. illeg. Juss. ex Steud. (Timb.-Lagr.) Timb.-Lagr. C.A.Mey., nom. illeg. L. Elliott Lowe, nom. illeg. Sennen, nom. illeg. Sennen Sennen Desf. Sennen, nom. illeg. Sennen Schult. Schult. (L.) Rouy, nom. superfl. (Sm.) Rouy, nom. illeg. (L.) Rouy, nom. illeg. Sennen Ten. Vahl Link, nom. illeg. Zefir. M.Bieb. Loisel. ex Benth. (Ten.) Arcang. (Vahl) Nyman Salisb. (Zefir.) Soják Salvia obtusata Salvia polymorpha Salvia sabulicola Salvia spielmannii Salvia verbenaca subsp. battandieri Salvia verbenaca subsp. foetens Salvia verbenaca subsp. ochroleuca Salvia vivianii Sclarea verbenaca Sclarea viscosissima Moench Sclarea rhodantha Salvia clandestinoides Salvia cleistogama Salvia controversa Salvia disermas Salvia dubia Salvia eriocaulis Salvia fontii Salvia hiemalis Salvia horminoides Salvia intricata Salvia linnaei Salvia linnaei subsp. horminoides Salvia linnaei subsp. oblongata Salvia lowei Salvia multifida Salvia oblongata Link, nom. illeg. Hoffmanns. & Link Pomel Willd., sensu auct. Maire Maire (Coss. & Balansa) Maire Sieber ex Rchb. (L.) Soják Sclarea decidua Salvia weihaiensis Salvia verbenifolia Salvia verbenaca subsp. sabulicola Salvia verbenaca subsp. oblongata (Vis.) Briq. Salvia verbenaca subsp. horminoides Salvia verbenaca subsp. controversa Salvia verbenaca subsp. clandestina Salvia variabilis Sennen Salvia subscaposa Salvia spielmanniana Salvia sennenii Salvia rhodantha L. Salvia praecox Salvia parviflora Salvia ochroleuca Salvia oblongata Salvia linnaei subsp. multifida Salvia horminoides var. pinnatiloba Salvia domenechii

Salvia verbenaca MHNT

Salvia verbenaca, also known as wild clary or wild sage, is native to the British Isles, the Mediterranean region in Southern Europe, North Africa, and Near East, and in the Caucasus. It can be found as an introduced species that has naturalized in many parts of the world, including the Eastern United States, California, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Africa, Tasmania, New Zealand and China.

S. verbenaca is a tall perennial herb with hairy stems and branches that erectly sprawl out. Its leaves are basal and toothed that vary from 3 to 10 cm (1.2 to 3.9 in) long. It has soft purple to violet flowers in mid summer. It is in flower from June to September, and the seeds ripen from July to October. The flowers are bisexual and are pollinated by bees. Some are also cleistogamous and pollinate themselves.

The plant is noted for attracting pollinators and wildlife. It prefers neutral and alkaline soils and needs full sun. This aromatic sage is used as a flavoring in foods and to make tea; the flowers can be added to salads.

In China, where it has been known by the synonym Salvia weihaiensis, it grows along the seashore in Shandong province.

Resources

• USDA treatment -Salvia verbenaca
• Salvia verbenaca - U.K. Floral images
• R.B.Garden-Sydney: Salvia verbenaca

Databases

• Salvia verbenaca in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
• "Salvia verbenaca", Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria, Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database, https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Salvia+verbenaca 
• "Salvia verbenaca". http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Salvia+verbenaca. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1313052 entry