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Salvia officinalis, the common sage or sage, is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae and native to the Mediterranean region , though it has been naturalized in many places throughout the world.
Pliny the Elder was the first author known to describe a plant called "Salvia" by the Romans, likely describing the type species for the genus Salvia, Salvia officinalis. The common modern English name sage derives from Middle English sawge , which was borrowed from Old French sauge , from Latin salvia (the source of the botanical name).
The naming of distinct Salvia species has undergone regular revision, with many species being renamed, merged, and reclassified over the years. Salvia officinalis (common sage), for example, has been cultivated for thousands of years, yet has been named and described under six different scientific names since 1940 alone. At one time there were ...
Salvia officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia, synonym Salvia lavandulifolia, [1] (Spanish sage) is a small woody herbaceous perennial native to Spain and southern France, growing in rocky soil in Maquis shrubland, often found growing with rosemary, Lavandula lanata, and Genista cinerea.
Salvia officinalis, common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb; Salvia, a large genus commonly referred to as sages, containing the common sage; Teucrium scorodonia, wood sage, a herb used for flavouring beverages; Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family
Also called English, Garden, and True sage oil. Made by steam distillation of Salvia officinalis partially dried leaves. Yields range from 0.5 to 1.0%. A colorless to yellow liquid with a warm camphoraceous, thujone-like odor and sharp and bitter taste. The main components of the oil are thujone (50%), camphor, pinene, and cineol.
S. officinalis may refer to: Salvia officinalis , the common sage, a plant species Sanguisorba officinalis , the great burnet, a plant species native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, northern Asia and northern North America
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' is the purplish-leaved variety (or group of varieties) of common sage. Poliomintha incana , also called frosted sage, gray mint, etc., is a small, pale purple-flowered shrub of the mint family native to the Southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico .