Sage - Plants

Plants

  • Salvia officinalis (common sage), a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb
  • Ornamental and medicinal plants of the mint family, Lamiaceae:
    • Salvia, a large genus, containing the common sage
    • Perovskia, a genus of seven species, closely related to Salvia
      • Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage), a deciduous perennial grown as an ornamental
    • Phlomis, a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs
      • Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem Sage), a perennial herb
  • Artemisia (genus), a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae
    • Artemisia tridentata, Sagebrush, Big Sagebrush, Common Sagebrush, Blue Sagebrush, or Black Sagebrush
  • Eriogonum jamesii (Antelope Sage, James's Buckwheat), a perennial herb of the knotweed family Polygonaceae
  • Krascheninnikovia lanata (Winterfat, informally called White Sage), a shrub of the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae
  • Leucophyllum, a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Plantaginaceae
    • Leucophyllum frutescens (Texas Sage)
  • Tetradymia canescens (Spineless Horsebrush, informally called Black Sage), a shrub of the sunflower family Asteraceae
  • Coastal sage scrub, a low scrubland plant community

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