Salvia officinalis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyLamiaceae
Family (Traditional)Lamiaceae
GenusSalvia
Species:Salvia officinalis Pall.
Common NameKitchen Sage
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: Europe; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Purple; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Type: Nutlet; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Salvia officinalis subsp. officinalis Salvia officinalis subsp. officinalis

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Franklin (KY), Graves (KY), Madison (KY), Shelby (KY), Davidson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1926 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BRIT127920 Davidson Tennessee 30 Apr 1988 R. Kral
74651		 VDB
Salvia officinalis
MTSU024311 Wilson Tennessee 25 Apr 2009 Caleb Hale
40		 MTSU
Salvia officinalis
UCHT007716 Graves Kentucky 20 May 1980 Raymond Athey
4551		 UCHT
Salvia officinalis
APSC0056146 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Salvia officinalis
APSC0082106 Shelby Kentucky 23 May 1976
APSC
Salvia officinalis
APSC0052031 Franklin Kentucky 06 Jun 1926 Mary Didlake
 APSC
Salvia officinalis
31234100520418 Madison Kentucky 09 May 1981 David D. Taylor
206		 EKY
Salvia officinalis
BEREA016004 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Salvia officinalis
BEREA016003 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Salvia officinalis
TENN-V-0189267 Graves Kentucky 20 May 1980 Raymond Athey
7290		 TENN
Salvia officinalis
31234100520400 Graves Kentucky 20 May 1980 Raymond Athey
4551		 EKY
Salvia officinalis
MTSU020404 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 2012 Rick Mullins
70		 MTSU
Salvia officinalis
UCHT025520 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Salvia officinalis
UCHT025521 Graves Kentucky
UCHT
Salvia officinalis
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