Lamiaceae

Pineapple sage

Salvia elegans Vahl

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia

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Pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) — FlowerPhoto: j_indr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Czech: Šalvěj ananasová, šalvěj ladná
Danish: Ananas-Salvie
English: Pineapple sage
Finnish: Ananassalvia
German: Honigmelonen-Salbei, Ananas-Salbei, Ananassalbei
Swedish: Ananassalvia

Synonyms

Salvia camertoni Regel
Salvia elegans var. sonorensis Fernald
Salvia incarnata Cav.
Salvia longiflora Sessé & Moc.
Salvia microcalyx Scheele
Salvia microculis Poir.
Salvia punicea M.Martens & Galeotti
Salvia rutilans Carrière

Flowers

In flower: October to May (from 1,231 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: j_indr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: José Javier Barrios Flores, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Guillermo Huerta Ramos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: nociveglia from Appennino Emiliano, Italy, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.