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Taxon

Salvia officinalis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 23. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
All4subsp. lavandulifolia2
Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 103.jpg

Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 103.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 104.jpg

Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 104.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 105.jpg

Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 105.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03.106.jpg

Salvia lavandulifolia--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03.106.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 005.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  001.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 007 .jpg

Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 007 .jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 006.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 004.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 003.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Spain. Blanes. Marimurtra Bot. Gard. 24 Apr 04. 147.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Spain. Blanes. Marimurtra Bot. Gard. 24 Apr 04. 147.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Spain. Blanes. Marimurtra Bot. Gard. 24 Apr 04. 146.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Spain. Blanes. Marimurtra Bot. Gard. 24 Apr 04. 146.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Salvia officinalis--Spain. Blanes. Marimurtra Bot. Gard. 24 Apr 04. 145.jpg

Salvia officinalis--Spain. Blanes. Marimurtra Bot. Gard. 24 Apr 04. 145.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Salvia

Species

officinalis

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Albania, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Spain, Switzerland; introduced into 45 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 3 countries.

Salvia officinalis

subsp. lavandulifolia

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 30, 2003

Identified as

Salvia officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia

Location

France, Paris (5th arrondissement. Jardin des Plantes)

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

May 30, 2003

Identified as

Salvia officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia

Location

France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)

48.84458, 2.36086

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

April 24, 2004

Location

Spain, Catalonia, Girona (Marimurtra Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Paseo Karl Faust 9, 17300 Blanes.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#229,034 of 335,497

Top 69%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →