| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Salvia sylvestris L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 24 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe, Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Plethiosphace x sylvestris (L.) Opiz Salvia x alpestris Benth. Salvia x andrzejowskii Blocki Salvia x asperula Benth. Salvia x collina Salisb. Salvia x danubialis Borbás Salvia degenii Simonk. Salvia x elata Host Salvia x velutina Vahl Sclarea x sylvestris (L.) Garsault |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |