| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Salvia sylvestris L. |
| Synonyms | Salvia alpestris Benth. |
| Salvia asperula Benth. | |
| Salvia collina Salisb. | |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 100-1400m |
| Description | stems tomentose, densely leafy, leaves abaxially grey hirsute, oblong-lanceolate, crenate, whorls 6-10-flowered, producing long raceme, calyx tubular |
| Size | 30-50cm |
| Color | dark violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | LAMIACEAE
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