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General Information

Salvia verticillata is a herbaceous perennial plant with a rhizomatous rootstock; it produces a clump of erect to ascending, branched or unbranched stems up to 90cm tall and 80cm wide[, ].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Range

Most of Europe, but mainly absent from the west, extending east to Kazakhstan, southern Siberia (Altay) and Iran

Habitat

Stony taluses, pine woods, dry heights, stony and clayey soil, often a weed[].

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Perennial
Height	0.75 m
Pollinators	Bees, Lepidoptera
Cultivation Status	Ornamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

Salvia verticillata is a moderately cold-hardy plant, able to tolerate temperatures down to around -20°c when fully dormant[].
Grows best in a sunny position and a well-drained, humus-rich, friable soil[]. Tolerates dry soils[]. Established plants are drought tolerant[].
The leaves are aromatic[].
Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer[].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The leaves and flowering stems are antiinflammatory, They are used to treat enuresis and wounds[].

Agroforestry Uses:

The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies[].

Other Uses

The plant is used as a filter[]. No more information is given.

The herbage contains 0.05 - 0.08% essential oil with a very agreeable scent[].

Propagation

Seed - sow early to mid spring in a greenhouse. Germination usually takes place within 2 weeks. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out in early summer. In areas where the plant is towards the limits of its hardiness, it is best to grow the plants on in a greenhouse for their first winter and plant them out in late spring of the following year.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood succeed at almost any time in the growing season[].
Division in spring.