🌿 Family

Lamiaceae — Mint Family

576 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Lamiaceae

Salvia albicaulis Benth.

Salvia albicaulis Benth. is a white-stemmed branched perennial shrub with purplish flowers that blooms from November to May.

Salvia apiana Jeps.

Salvia apiana (Californian white sage) is a fragrant evergreen shrub widely used by Native American peoples of the US Pacific coast.

Salvia aurea L.

Salvia aurea L. is a South African sage with parrot-beak shaped flowers, used traditionally for multiple health conditions.

Salvia azurea Michx. ex Vahl

Salvia azurea, or blue sage, is a perennial flowering sage native to the US and northern Mexico with two known varieties.

Salvia ballotiflora Benth.

Salvia ballotiflora Benth., or shrubby blue sage, is a flowering shrub grown as an ornamental and used to flavor food.

Salvia brandegeei Munz

Salvia brandegeei Munz is a showy flowering shrub native to the California Channel Islands and Baja California coast, often grown in cultivation.

Salvia carduacea Benth.

Salvia carduacea (thistle sage) is a pungent-scented annual herb native to California and Baja California.",

Salvia chamelaeagnea Berg.

Salvia chamelaeagnea is an endemic South African flowering sage, cultivated for gardens and known by Afrikaans common names.

Salvia clevelandii (A.Gray) Greene

Salvia clevelandii is an evergreen fragrant shrub native to southwestern North America, widely cultivated as a landscape plant with many cultivars.

Salvia coccinea Buc'hoz ex Etl.

Salvia coccinea is a variable-flowered sage commonly cultivated as an annual in gardens worldwide.

Salvia columbariae Benth.

Salvia columbariae is an annual sage used by multiple North American Indigenous groups for food and traditional medicine.

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams

Salvia dorrii is a woody mint-scented subshrub with purple clustered flowers, prominent in Native American traditional medicine.

Salvia elegans Vahl

Salvia elegans (pineapple sage) is a Mexican hummingbird-pollinated shrub grown in horticulture, with edible leaves and traditional medicinal uses.

Salvia engelmannii A.Gray

Salvia engelmannii is an endemic herbaceous perennial sage from central Texas with velvety leaves and pale lavender flowers.

Salvia farinacea Benth.

Mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea Benth.) is an ornamental flowering plant grown commonly in parks and gardens.

Salvia fruticosa Mill.

Salvia fruticosa (Greek sage) is an eastern Mediterranean sage widely grown commercially and for traditional, culinary, and ornamental uses.

Salvia fulgens Cav.

Salvia fulgens Cav. is a small red-flowered subshrub, a garden plant that has earned the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Salvia gesneriiflora Lindl. & Paxton

Salvia gesneriiflora is a large aromatic sage with vivid orange-red flowers that blooms in late winter and early spring.

Salvia glutinosa L.

Salvia glutinosa L. is a sticky-haired sage native to Central/East Europe and West Asia, growing in shaded deciduous and mixed forests.

Salvia guaranitica A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.

Salvia guaranitica is a blue-flowered perennial subshrub widely grown as a popular ornamental garden plant.

Salvia hayatae Makino ex Hayata

Salvia hayatae is an annual herb native to Taiwan's foothills, with two named varieties distinguished by leaf division type.

Salvia hispanica L.

Salvia hispanica, or chia, is an edible annual herb grown commercially for its nutrient-rich seed.

Salvia iodantha Fernald

Salvia iodantha Fernald is a robust herbaceous perennial native to central Mexican mountains, grown in horticulture since the 1980s for its profuse showy purple blooms.

Salvia japonica Thunb.

Salvia japonica, or East Asian sage, is an annual native to East Asia with varied flower colors and two named varieties.

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