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Salvia
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with nearly 1000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. One of several genera commonly referred to as sage, it includes the widely produced herb used in cooking, Salvia officinalis (common sage, or just "sage").
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Salvia subgen. Calosphace
subgenusCalosphace
Salvia subgen. Audibertia
subgenusAudibertia
Salvia subgen. Sclarea
subgenusSclarea
rosemaries
subgenusRosmarinus
lyreleaf sage
speciesSalvia lyrata
Salvia subgen. Salvia
subgenusSalvia
Salvia subgen. Perovskia
subgenusPerovskia
Salvia subgen. Glutinaria
subgenusGlutinaria
Whorled Clary
speciesSalvia verticillata
Salvia subgen. Heterosphace
subgenusHeterosphace
Brown Sage
speciesSalvia aurea
Texas Sage
speciesSalvia texana
Wild Sage
speciesSalvia polystachia
African Blue Sage
speciesSalvia africana
Engelmann's sage
speciesSalvia engelmannii
Rough blue sage
speciesSalvia chamelaeagnea
Lanceleaf Sage
speciesSalvia lanceolata
Lemmon's sage
speciesSalvia lemmonii
Hard Sage
speciesSalvia runcinata
Salvia subgen. Zhumeria
subgenusZhumeria
big red sage
speciesSalvia pentstemonoides
Whitestem Sage
speciesSalvia albicaulis
Fineleaf Sage
speciesSalvia stenophylla
Salvia tashiroi
speciesSalvia tashiroi
Rock Sage
speciesSalvia pinguifolia
Creeping Sage
speciesSalvia repens
Namaqua Sage
speciesSalvia dentata
Nama Sage
speciesSalvia namaensis
Nile Sage
speciesSalvia nilotica
Salvia keitaoensis
speciesSalvia keitaoensis
Troodos Mountain Sage
speciesSalvia willeana
Dandelionleaf Sage
speciesSalvia taraxacifolia
Coastal Blue Sage
speciesSalvia scabra
Mount Gareja Sage
speciesSalvia garedjii
Lilac Creeping Sage
speciesSalvia triangularis
Valley Sage
speciesSalvia aurita
Salvia clevelandii × leucophylla
hybridSalvia clevelandii × leucophylla
Coega Sage
speciesSalvia obtusata
Dolomite Sage
speciesSalvia dolomitica
Salvia subgen. Dorystaechas
subgenusDorystaechas
Drifting Sage
speciesSalvia blancoana
Himalayan Woolly Sage
speciesSalvia cana
Clustered Sage
speciesSalvia whitehousei
Salvia pubescens
speciesSalvia pubescens
Shepherd's Sage
speciesSalvia bracteata
Vicks Sage
speciesSalvia muirii
Salvia nemorosa × nutans
hybridSalvia nemorosa × nutans
Granite Sage
speciesSalvia granitica
Salvia curtiflora
speciesSalvia curtiflora
Maranon Valley Sage
speciesSalvia celendina
Sinaloan Sapphire Sage
speciesSalvia sinaloensis
Salvia membranacea
speciesSalvia membranacea
White Kandasage
speciesSalvia leucodermis
Ladakhi Sage
speciesSalvia moorcroftiana
Brambleleaf Sage
speciesSalvia rubifolia
Dinaric Karst Sage
speciesSalvia brachyodon
Puce Kandasage
speciesSalvia sessilifolia
Salvia muirii × schlechteri
hybridSalvia muirii × schlechteri
Salvia opertiflora
speciesSalvia opertiflora
Zarafshan Sage
speciesSalvia sarawschanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 10)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.78
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.526
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.510
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.56
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.127
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.303
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.171
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.319
Herbarius
1485 · p.292
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.292
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.289
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.291
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