Lamiaceae
Europe sage
Salvia sclarea
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (39)
- Arabic
- قصعين متصلب, الناعمة, قصعين, كف الدب, مرمية
- Armenian
- Եղեսպակ մշկընկույզային
- arz
- قصعين متصلب
- Asturian
- Bálsamu
- azb
- موشک سوروهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Müşk adaçayı, Müşk sürvəsi
- Basque
- Aindurrin
- Bulgarian
- Мускатен конски босилек
- Cantonese
- 快樂鼠尾草
- Chinese
- 快樂鼠尾草, 南欧丹参
- Croatian
- Muškatna kadulja
- Czech
- Šalvěj muškátová
- Danish
- Broget Salvie, Muskatel-Salvie, Skarlej
- Dutch
- Scharlei, Muskaatsalie
- English
- Europe sage, Clary sage, European sage, Clary
- Estonian
- Muskaatsalvei
- Finnish
- Myskisalvia
- French
- Sauge sclarée, Sauge sclaree, Sclarée
- German
- Muskatellersalbei, Muskateller-Salbei
- Hebrew
- מרווה מרושתת
- hsb
- Mušotowa želbija
- Hungarian
- Muskotályzsálya
- Japanese
- クラリセージ, オニサルビア, クラリーセージ, サルビア・スクラレア
- Kazakh
- Мускат сәлбені
- Macedonian
- Мускатна жалфија
- mwl
- Bálsamo
- Persian
- سالویا اسکلاریا
- Polish
- Szałwia muszkatołowa
- Portuguese
- Bálsamo, Esclareia
- Russian
- Шалфей мускатный
- Serbian
- Мускатна жалфија
- Slovak
- Šalvia muškátová
- Slovenian
- Muškatna kadulja
- Spanish
- Amardo, Esclarea, Maro granadino ancho, Maro vulgar, Oripesa
- Swedish
- Muskatellsalvia
- Tajik
- Марвак
- Turkish
- Misk ada çayı
- Ukrainian
- Шавлія мускатна
- Welsh
- Clari
Synonyms
- Aethiopis sclarea (L.) Opiz
- Salvia altilabrosa Pau
- Salvia calostachya Gand.
- Salvia coarctata Vahl
- Salvia haematodes Scop.
- Salvia lucana Cavara & Grande
- Salvia pamirica Gand.
- Salvia sclarea var. calostachya (Gand.) Nyman
- Salvia sclarea var. hispanica Gavioli
- Salvia sclarea var. turkestaniana Mottet
- Salvia simsiana Schult.
- Salvia turkestanica Noter
- Sclarea vulgaris Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 243 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kudaibergen Amirekul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Evgenij Samarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: viridian, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Puusterke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Plenuska, 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.