PLANTS Profile for Salvia officinalis (kitchen sage)

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PLANTS Profile

Salvia officinalis L.
kitchen sage

Symbol:

SAOF2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		W

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Strybing Arboretum. October 1, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Salvia officinalis L.

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Distribution:
Salvia officinalis L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CA, CT, GA, ID, KY, ME, MI, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Salvia officinalis L.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 95 species in Salvia

Classification:
Salvia officinalis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus	Salvia L. – sage
Species	Salvia officinalis L. – kitchen sage

Introduced Information:
Salvia officinalis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Salvia officinalis L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32729.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 08:27 AM MDT