Lamiaceae FAMILY

Salvia verticillata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salvia verticillata is a herbaceous perennial plant with a rhizomatous rootstock; it produces a clump of erect to ascending, branched or unbranched stems up to 90cm tall and 80cm wide[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 678 Title A Book of Salvias - Sages for Every Garden Publication Author Clebsch B. Publisher Timber Press Inc.; Oregon. Year 1997 ISBN 0-88192-369-9 Description Fairly detailed information on over 100 species of Salvia that are grown as ornamentals. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of Europe, but mainly absent from the west, extending east to Kazakhstan, southern Siberia (Altay) and Iran

HabitatStony taluses, pine woods, dry heights, stony and clayey soil, often a weed[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].