Lamiaceae
Silver sage
Salvia argentea
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- قصعين فضي
- arz
- قصعين فضى
- Bulgarian
- Сребрист конски босилек
- Dutch
- Zilversalie
- English
- Silver sage
- German
- Silber-Salbei, Silbersalbei
- kab
- Azaɣef
- Spanish
- Hierba del gargajoso, Maro portugues, Maro portugués
- Swedish
- Silversalvia
- Turkish
- Gümüş ada çayı
Synonyms
- Salvia alpestris Hausskn. ex Nyman
- Salvia argentea subsp. patula (Desf.) Maire
- Salvia argentea var. aurasiaca (Pomel) Maire
- Salvia argentea var. fontanesiana Maire
- Salvia argentea var. gussonei Boiss. ex Nyman
- Salvia argentea var. mesatlantica Maire
- Salvia argentea var. patula (Desf.) Nyman
- Salvia argentea var. pomelii Maire
- Salvia atlantica Pers.
- Salvia aurasiaca Pomel
- Salvia patula Desf.
- Salvia rhodopea Velen.
- Salvia saccata Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
- Salvia suaveolens Pomel
- Salvia tmolea Boiss.
- Sclarea argentea (L.) Mill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.