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Lamiaceae

Introduced sage

Salvia pratensis L.

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Salvia

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Introduced sage (Salvia pratensis)
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (37)
Arabic
قصعين حقلي
arz
قصعين حقلى
Azerbaijani
Çəmənlik adaçayı
Belarusian
Шалфей лугавы
Bulgarian
Ливаден конски босилек
Catalan
Sauge des prés
Chinese
草地鼠尾草
Czech
Šalvěj luční
Danish
Eng-Salvie
Dutch
Veldsalie
English
Introduced sage, Meadow clary, Meadow sage
Estonian
Aassalvei
Finnish
Niittysalvia
French
Sauge des prés, Sauge des pres
German
Wiesensalbei, Wiesen-Salbei, Sauge des prés
hsb
Łučna želbija
Hungarian
Mezei zsálya
Igbo
Meadow clary
Irish
Tormán léana
Japanese
サルビア・プラテンシス, メドーセージ
Kazakh
Дала шалфейі
Latvian
Pļavas salvija
Lithuanian
Pievinis šalavijas, Sauge des prés
Macedonian
Полска жалфија, Ливадска жалфија
Norwegian Bokmål
Engsalvie
os
Уыгæрдæны лæсыф
Persian
مریم چمنی
Polish
Szałwia łąkowa
Romanian
Salvie de câmp, Salvie de camp
Russian
Шалфей луговой
Slovak
Šalvia lúčna
Slovenian
Travniška kadulja
Spanish
Gallocresta rustica, Hormigon de prados, Hormigón de prados
Swedish
Ängssalvia, Sauge des prés
Ukrainian
Шавлія лучна
Walloon
Saedje des tchamps
Welsh
Saets y waun, Clari'r maes

Synonyms

  • Gallitrichum pratense (L.) Fourr.
  • Plethiosphace pratensis (L.) Opiz
  • Salvia pratensis var. caerulea Schrad.
  • Sclarea pratensis (L.) Mill.

Flowers

In flower
April to June (from 3,024 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.