Salvia officinalis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 189

1. S. officinalis L. , Sp. Pl. 23 (1753) .

Shrub up to 60 cm. Stems erect, with numerous patent-tomentose branches. Leaves simple, petiolate, oblong, more or less narrowed at base, rugose, white-pubescent beneath, greenish above, densely pubescent when young. Verticillasters with 5-10 flowers. Calyx 10-14 mm, pubescent, glandular-punctate. Corolla up to 35 mm, violetblue, pink or white. • N. & C. Spain, S. France; W. part o f Balkan peninsula. Widely cultivated as a pot-herb, and naturalized in parts o f S. & S.C. Europe. Al Ga?Gr Hs Ju [BI Bu *Co Cz He It Lu Rm Sa Si].