Lamiaceae
Sticky sage
Salvia glutinosa
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- مريمية دبقية, سلفيا غلوتينية, قصعين
- arz
- سالفيا جلوتينوزا
- Azerbaijani
- Vəzili adaçayı
- Bulgarian
- Жълт конски босилек
- Chinese
- 胶质鼠尾, 膠質鼠尾, 胶质鼠尾草, 银紫丹参
- Croatian
- Ljepljiva kadulja
- Czech
- Šalvěj lepkavá
- Danish
- Klæbrig Salvie
- Dutch
- Kleverige salie
- English
- Sticky sage, Glutinous sage, Hardy sage, Jupiter's distaff, Jupiter's sage, Sticky clary
- Estonian
- Kollane salvei
- Finnish
- Keltasalvia
- French
- Sauge glutineuse
- Georgian
- Შალამანდილი
- German
- Klebriger Salbei, Kleb-Salbei
- hsb
- Lěpjaca želbija
- Persian
- مریمگلی جنگلی
- Polish
- Szałwia lepka
- Russian
- Шалфей железистый, Или Шалфей клейкий, Шалфей клейкий
- Slovak
- Šalvia lepkavá
- Slovenian
- Lepljiva kadulja
- Swedish
- Klibbsalvia
- Turkish
- Okluşalba, Yapışkan adaçayı, Oklu şalba
- Welsh
- Clari gludiog
Synonyms
- Drymosphace glutinosa (L.) Opiz
- Glutinaria acuminata Raf.
- Glutinaria glutinosa (L.) Raf.
- Sclarea glutinosa (L.) Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 784 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chris Quirin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nbasargin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Pereira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cenaida, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fabian Battiege, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andreas Stiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.