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This species is accepted, and its native range is SW. Germany to S. Europe. It is used to treat skin subcutaneous cellular tissue disorders, unspecified medicinal disorders and respiratory system disorders.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1600 - 2900 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, subarbusto

[FTEA]

Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Salvia, RM Polhill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009

Note
Native of southern Europe
Morphology General Habit
Aromatic shrub to 60 cm, with pubescent branches.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves conspicuously petiolate, oblong-elliptic, 2–8 × 0.8–2.5 cm, entire or with a small pair of lobes at base, crenulate, ± densely whitepubescent beneath; verticils 4–8-flowered.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts elliptic, lower ones foliaceous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx campanulate, 8–10 mm long, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla purplish blue, 15–25 mm long; tube 10–15 mm long; anterior lip broad and slightly longer than the posterior lip.

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Cultivated in Colombia.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Alt. 1600 - 2900 m.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.

[UPB]
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).
Use Materials
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Respiratory System Disorders
Leaves and flowers - Used in liquid medicines to alleviate bad breath (Lagos-López 2007).
Use Medicines Skin or Subcutaneous Cellular Tissue Disorders
Leaves and flowers - Used in liquid medicines as an astringent (Lagos-López 2007).

Native to:

Albania, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Korea, Libya, Maine, Michigan, Morocco, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

Spanish
Salvia.

Salvia officinalis L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Nicholson, G. [1586], Great Britain K000929959 neotype

First published in Sp. Pl.: 23 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hohla, M. (2011). Zwei Funde der Kleine Seerose (Nymphaea candida) sowie weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flora von Oberösterreich Stapfia 95: 141-161.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae) Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Reales, A., Rivera, D., Palazón, J.A. & Obón, C. (2004). Numerical taxonomy study of Salvia sect. Salvia (Labiatae) Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145: 353-371.

Literature

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/
  • Lagos-López, M. (2007). Estudio etnobotánico de especies vegetales con propiedades medicinales en seis municipios de Boyacá, Colombia. Actualidades Biológicas, 29(86), 87-96.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Reales, A., Rivera, D., Palazón, J.A. & Obón, C. (2004). Numerical taxonomy study of Salvia sect. Salvia (Labiatae) Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145: 353-371.
  • Stöhr, O. & al. (2012). Beiträge zur Flora von Österreich, IV Stapfia 97: 53-136.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Rwanda 3: 345 (1985).
  • Jex Blake, Gard. E. Afr., ed. 4: 267 (1957)
  • Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 33: 113 (1974)
  • U.O.P.Z.: 439 (1949)

Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Kew Science Photographs
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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