Lamiaceae FAMILY

Salvia occidentalis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salvia occidentalis is a prostrate to ascending, usually much branched, annual or perennial herb. The stems, which are often woody at the base, are usually up to 50cm tall[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use. It has been trialled as a cover crop in Java[ 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

Origintropical

Native RangeWestern S. America - Peru northwards through Central America to Mexico. Throughout the Caribbean to southern Florida.

HabitatWet to dry thickets or fields, often in waste ground, especially about dwellings, or a weed in cultivated ground, mainly found at low elevations but extending to 2,500 metres in Guatemala[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].