Lamiaceae FAMILY

Salvia aethiopis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salvia aethiopis is an erect, biennial to perennial plant. It overwinters as a basal rosette of leaves that can be 30cm or more in diameter, then produces a flowering stem 50 - 100cm tall[ 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. , 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 has in the past been cultivated for medicinal use in Central Europe, but is now only grown as an ornamental[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthern Europe to central Asia - France to Portugal, east to Uzbekistan and Iran

HabitatSteppes, meadows on mountain slopes, dry stony and clayey places, chalk and limestone outcrops, plowed fields and pastures[ 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. ].