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Salvia verbenaca (Wild Sage) |
Salvia verbenaca (LAMIACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Salvia verbenaca L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 25 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Lamiaceae
Lindl. (=Labiatae) (The Mint Family)
36 species from the Lamiaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Wild Sage, Wild Clary, Vervain Salvia | Maltese name(s) : | Salvja selvaġġa | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Soon to be updated...
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Oct-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Blue or Violet |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Garigue rich in soil, waste rocky places, roadsides and valley sides. |
Botanical Description: |
Stems 10-80 cm, erect, simple or branched, eglandular-pubescent below, and more or less glandular above. Leaves more or less pinnatifid with wide lobes, oblong to ovate. Inflorescence dense or lax; verticillasters with 6-10 flowers. Bracts shorter than calyx, green; pedicels 2-3 mm. Flowers hermaphrodite or female, sometimes cleistogamous. Calyx 6-8 mm, glandular or eglandular, enlarging slightly in fruit. Corolla 6-10(-15) mm, blue, lilac or violet. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=42, 59, 60, 64 |
Distributional range: |
S. & W. Europe, northwards to Scotland. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Ireland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Bl Br Bu Ca Co Cr Cy Eg Ga Gr Hb Ho Hs IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Md Rf(CS) Sa Si Sn Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [Uk(U)] |
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