Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Salvia aurea
- Salvia azurea
- Salvia confertiflora
- Salvia elegans
- Salvia farinacea
- Salvia forskaehlei
- Salvia glutinosa
- Salvia guaranitica
- Salvia involucrata
- Salvia leucantha
- Salvia microphylla
- Salvia nemorosa
- Salvia occidentalis
- Salvia officinalis
- Salvia pseudococcinea
- Salvia reflexa
- Salvia repens
- Salvia rosmarinus
- Salvia sclarea
- Salvia splendens
- Salvia uliginosa
- Salvia verbenaca
- Salvia verticillata
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Salvia L., Sp. Pl. 23-27 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = Rosmarinus L., Sp. Pl. 23 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Sage
Description
Annual or perennial herbs or small shrubs, often strongly aromatic. Lvs simple, entire to pinnatisect. Infl. terminal, of (1)–2-many-flowered verticels forming spikes, racemes, panicles or occasionally more simple cymose structures; pedicels usually short or fls subsessile. Bracts usually different from lvs, occasionally large and coloured; bracteoles usually small. Calyx 2-lipped, not gibbous at base; upper lip entire or 3-toothed; lower 2-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, usually hairy outside, white to blue or purple, red, or rarely yellow; tube straight or curved; lower lip 2–3-lobed with middle lobe largest; upper lip straight or falcate, sometimes hooded. Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla throat; connective long and slender, or sometimes short, articulating with the usually shorter filament; one arm of connective with a fertile anther, the other arm sterile and often flattened distally. Nutlets ± trigonous, smooth, often mucilaginous when wet.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 11 |
| Exotic: Casual | 12 |
| Total | 23 |
Bibliography
Drew, B.T.; González-Gallegos, J.G.; Xiang, C-L.; Kriebel, R.; Drummond, C.P.; Walker, J.B.; Sytsma, K.J. 2017: Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number. Taxon 66(1): 133–145.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Upson, T.M. 2011: Rosmarinus. In: Cullen, J., Knees, S.G.; Cubey, H.S. The European Garden Flora. A Manual for the identification of plants cultivated in Europe, both out-of-doors and under glass. Edition 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 53. [as Rosmarinus L.]
