Lamiaceae
Nodding sage
Salvia nutans
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- سالفيا نوتان
- Bulgarian
- Наведен конски босилек
- English
- Nodding sage
- Estonian
- Longus salvei
- German
- Nickender Salbei
- Hungarian
- Bókoló zsálya, Kónya zsálya
- Latvian
- Nokarenā salvija
- Russian
- Шалфей поникающий
- Ukrainian
- Шавлія поникла, Шавлія кременецька
Synonyms
- Salvia acutifolia Lam.
- Salvia betonicifolia Etl.
- Salvia cernua Czern. ex Des.-Shost.
- Salvia cremenecensis Besser
- Salvia hastata Etl.
- Salvia nutans subsp. ruthenica (Weinm.) Nyman
- Salvia pendula Dum.Cours.
- Salvia pendula var. betonicifolia (Etl.) Nyman
- Salvia pilosa Cav.
- Salvia praemontana Klokov
- Salvia pseudopendula Schur
- Salvia ruthenica Weinm.
- Sclarea nutans (L.) Soják
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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 
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.