Lamiaceae
African sage
Salvia aethiopis
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- قصعين أثيوبي, أثيوفس
- arz
- قصعين اثيوبى
- Asturian
- Oropesa
- Bulgarian
- Етиопски конски босилек
- Chinese
- 埃塞俄比亚鼠尾草
- Croatian
- Etiopska kadulja
- Czech
- Šalvěj etiopská
- English
- African sage, Mediterranean sage
- French
- Sauge d'Ethiopie
- Georgian
- Ბამბიქულა
- German
- Ungarn-Salbei, Mohren-Salbei, Ungarischer Salbei
- hsb
- Wuherska želbija
- Hungarian
- Magyar zsálya
- Polish
- Szałwia etiopska
- Russian
- Шалфей эфиопский
- Spanish
- Etiopide, Etiopsido, Etiópide, Etiópsido, Gordolobo de Guinea, Vellosa
- Ukrainian
- Шавлія ефіопська
Synonyms
- Aethiopis vera Fourr.
- Salvia idanensis Gand.
- Salvia kochiana Kunze
- Salvia lanata Stokes
- Salvia leuconeura Boiss.
- Sclarea aethiopis (L.) Mill.
- Sclarea lanata Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 313 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Parker James Lloyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: alessandrini alessandro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lazkov G, Sennikov A, Naumenko A, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gábor Báder, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.