Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salvia officinalis subsp. officinalis [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Salvia officinalis L.
Infraspecies:: 4

Salvia officinalis subsp. gallica (W.Lippert) Reales, D.Rivera & Obón

Salvia officinalis subsp. multiflora Gajic

Salvia officinalis subsp. oxyodon (Webb & Heldr.) Reales, D.Rivera & Obón

Salvia officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia (Vahl) Gams

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
purple sage	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sage	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Salvia officinalis var. purpurascens Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Oboskon cretica (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 93 (1837).
Salvia chromatica Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 194 (1824).
Salvia clusii E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre: 773 (1863).
Salvia cretica L. Sp. Pl.: 23 (1753).
Salvia crispa Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1829: 17 (1829).
Salvia digyna Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 58 (1812).
Salvia grandiflora Ten. Fl. Neapol. Prodr. App. 5: 3 (1826), nom. illeg.
Salvia hispanica Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 510 b (1764), opus utique oppr.
Salvia minor Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 511 a (1764), opus utique oppr.
Salvia officinalis var. absinthites Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 387 (1821 publ. 1822).
Salvia officinalis var. absynthiina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 119 (1866).
Salvia officinalis var. alba Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 493 (1914).
Salvia officinalis f. albiflora (Alef.) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2483 (1927).
Salvia officinalis var. albiflora Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis var. auriculata Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 387 (1821 publ. 1822).
Salvia officinalis f. bracteata Kojic & Gajic Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 21 (1976).
Salvia officinalis f. brevipedicellata Gajic Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 9 (1976).
Salvia officinalis var. crispa Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis var. frankei Gajic Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 10 (1976).
Salvia officinalis var. icterina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis f. icterina (Alef.) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2483 (1927).
Salvia officinalis var. latifolia Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis var. longiaristata Kojic & Gajic Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 19 (1976).
Salvia officinalis var. milleri Alef. Landw. Fl.: 119 (1866).
Salvia officinalis subsp. minor Gams in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2483 (1927).
Salvia officinalis f. multiverticillata Gajic Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 10 (1976).
Salvia officinalis var. rubra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 387 (1821 publ. 1822).
Salvia officinalis f. rubriflora (Alef.) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2483 (1927).
Salvia officinalis var. rubriflora Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis var. salicifolia Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis f. spicata Gajic Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 10 (1976).
Salvia officinalis f. sturnina (Alef.) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2483 (1927).
Salvia officinalis var. sturnina Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis var. tenuior Alef. Landw. Fl.: 118 (1866).
Salvia officinalis var. thasia Velen. Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. Prag 1910(8): 10 (1911).
Salvia officinalis tricolor André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 208 (1866).
Salvia officinalis f. variegata (Abbey) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 428 (1903).
Salvia officinalis var. variegata (Abbey) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 493 (1914).
Salvia officinalis variegata Abbey J. Hort. Cottage Gard. 32: 82 (1864).
Salvia papillosa Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 3: 58 (1828).
Salvia tricolor E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre: 773 (1863).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salvia officinalis subsp. officinalis	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Salvia officinalis var. Purpurascens	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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