Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Garden Sage - Salvia officinalis   L.
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DistributionThere is but a single non-cultivated specimen: Macon County, roadside by stream, 1965, J.S. Sharpe 41 (WCUH). Other specimens from Chatham, Cherokee, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Robeson, and Wake counties are all from cultivated plants.

Native of the Mediterranean region; in N.A. ME to Ont. south to GA and AL; also UT, ID, and Pacific states.
AbundanceVery rare.
HabitatRoadside by a stream.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting May-July.
IdentificationGarden Sage is perennial and grows 1-2 feet tall. The lower and middle leaves are well-stalked, but the upper ones may be essentially sessile. The blades are narrowly elliptical with smooth margins. The inflorescences are spike-like, interrupted (i.e., gaps between flowers along the stalk), with 4-8 flowers per node. The corollas are blue to violet.
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