Clary sage
Salvia sclarea L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 1.1 m
- wide
- 76 cm
Lamiaceae
Also called Europe sage, European sage
Formerly Aethiopis sclarea, Salvia altilabrosa, Salvia calostachya, Salvia coarctata, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Biennial or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Medit. to C. Asia and W. HimalayaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, cream, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Asturian
- bálsamu
- Azerbaijani
- Müşk sürvəsi
- Czech
- šalvěj muškátová
- Welsh
- clari
- Danish
- Broget Salvie
- German
- Muskatellersalbei
- Finnish
- Myskisalvia
- French
- Sauge sclarée
- Upper Sorbian
- Mušotowa želbija
- Dutch
- muskaatsalie, scharlei
- Polish
- Szałwia muszkatołowa
- Russian
- Шалфей мускатный
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Salvia sclarea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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