Annual or biennial herb to about 40 cm tall. Leaves to about 40 cm long, 20 cm wide, ovate to oblong, tip blunt, margin shallowly incised. Flowers in a spike of clusters, each verticillaster of 4-8 flowers. Corolla about 1.5 cm long, white, deep pink or purple; summer. The colourful bracts often remain on the plant. [S. horminum L.]
Mediterranean
Flowers with a coloured crown.
Sometimes known confusingly under the common name Clary Sage.
Cultivars are available in different colours.
Source: (2002). Salvia. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
