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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.
Salvia (/ ˈ s æ l v i ə /) [3] is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with just under 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. [4] [5] [6] Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. [4]
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 over 2,000 named species and subspecies.
Sage (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Sage the Gemini , (born; 1992) American rapper, born as Dominic Wynn Woods Sage (philosophy) , in classical philosophy, someone who has attained wisdom
Salvia yangii, previously known as Perovskia atriplicifolia (/ p ə ˈ r ɒ v s k i ə æ t r ɪ p l ɪ s ɪ ˈ f oʊ l i ə /), and commonly called Russian sage, [2] is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant and subshrub. Although not previously a member of Salvia, the genus widely known as sage, since 2017 it has been included within them.
There’s even a sage that grows in the Badlands that the Lakota people call “women’s sage,” says Shawna Clifford, an Oglala Lakota tribal member and co-founder of Native Botanicals.
The genus name, Salvia, was first used by Pliny for a plant that was likely Salvia officinalis (common sage) and is derived from the Latin salvere. [17] [18] The specific epithet, divinorum, was given because of the plant's traditional use in divination. [8] It is often loosely translated as "diviner's sage" or "seer's sage". [19]
Salvia microphylla, synonyms including Salvia grahamii, Salvia lemmonii and Salvia neurepia, [1] the baby sage, Graham's sage, or blackcurrant sage, is an evergreen shrub found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico. It is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in ...