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English: sage
Spanish: sabio
Estonian: salvei
Portuguese: salva
Albanian: i urtë
Salvia is an aromatic plant
whose greyish-green leaves
are used as a culinary herb,
native to southern Europe
and the Mediterrean.
Leaves
The oval leaves are rough or wrinkled
and usually downy; the colour ranges
from gray-green to whitish green,
and some varieties are variegated.
Turkish: adaçayı
Flowers
Catalan: sage
The flowers are borne in spikes and
feature tubular two-lipped corollas
that are attractive to a variety of
pollinators,
including bees,butterflies,
and hummingbirds. The flowers can
be purple, pink, white, or red and
produce nutlet fruits.
Plantae
Tracheobionta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asteranae
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Salvia L.
S. Officinalis