Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia sclarea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Europe sage at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia sclarea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salvia sclarea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia sclarea
COMMON NAME:
Europe sage, clary sage
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sasc2_001_lvd
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John B. Nelson jbn_7290164338_86537e1dfe
May
Bracts or floral lvs large, cuspidate, as long as or longer than flowers, per Flora of Pakistan.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia sclarea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia sclarea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salvia sclarea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia sclarea
3569
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Cultivated as a garden herb, rarely persistent or escaping, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Whitish, lilac
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped corolla
Bisexual
FRUIT:
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