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Salvia fruticosa Mill.

Greek oregano (en), Sauge ligneuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Salvia

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows to 90 cm high. The leaves have a whitish covering. The leaves are simple and oval or sword shaped. They are 5 cm long. The flowers are pink, lilac or white. They are in spikes at the ends of branches.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a warm temperate plant. It grows in rocky places and gullies. It can grow in arid places. It suits hardiness zones 8-10.
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Dry rocky hillsides, sometimes forming small pure stands.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The leaves are used as a spice or along with common sage. The leaves are brewed into a tea. They are also used to improve the flavour of tea.
Uses essential oil food food additive material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison spice tea
Edible flowers leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity weak toxic (aerial)
Animal toxicity weak toxic (aerial)

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Salvia fruticosa habit picture by Almudena Jiménez (cc-by-sa)
Salvia fruticosa habit picture by Sarah Marthaler (cc-by-sa)
Salvia fruticosa habit picture by Thymus Marrovius (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Salvia fruticosa leaf picture by Achim Tacke (cc-by-sa)
Salvia fruticosa leaf picture by christine Lesca Maillard (cc-by-sa)
Salvia fruticosa leaf picture by Rulmanboy (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Salvia fruticosa flower picture by pasquale pianese (cc-by-sa)
Salvia fruticosa flower picture by zeev zeev (cc-by-sa)
Salvia fruticosa flower picture by zeev zeev (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Salvia fruticosa fruit picture by Werner Rom (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Salvia fruticosa world distribution map, present in Albania, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palau, Portugal, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456249-1
WFO ID wfo-0000301042
COL ID 79GVK
BDTFX ID 60132
INPN ID 120642
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Salvia incarnata Salvia marrubioides Sclarea triloba Salvia baccifera Salvia libanotica Salvia subtriloba Salvia sypilea Salvia thomasii Salvia triloba Salvia ovata Salvia lobryana Salvia cypria Salvia sipylea Salvia fruticosa subsp. cypria Salvia fruticosa subsp. thomasii Salvia triloba subsp. libanotica Salvia triloba var. calpeana Salvia triloba subsp. calpeana Salvia clusii Salvia fruticosa
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