Salvia verticillata

Lilac Sage

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Common name

Lilac Sage, Whorled clary, Whorled Sage

Scientific name

Salvia verticillata L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected by the law in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Salvia verticillata is a perennial herb. Stems 30-70 cm high. Flowers 15 to 40 arranged in whorl. Flowering June-September¹.

Habitat

On stony places and through scrub, roadsides and in stormy places in the plains, foothills and mountains².

Dstribution in Bulgaria

Throughout the country from sea level to 1800 m altitude³.

General dstribution

Southern, Eastern and Central (partly) Europe, Southwest Asia, Caucasus. Introduced and cultivated in many places in Northern Europe and North America⁴.

References

1 Маркова, М. 1989. В: Флора на Н. Р. Република България, том ІX, издателство на БАН, София.

2 Маркова, М. 1989. Пос. източник.

3 Маркова, М. 1989. Пос. източник.

4 Маркова, М. 1989. Пос. източник.

Salvia verticillata на български

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