Lamiaceae
Woodland sage
Salvia × sylvestris
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 森林鼠尾草
- English
- Woodland sage
- Finnish
- Loistosalvia
- German
- Wilder Salbei
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hybridsalvie
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Hybridsalvie
Synonyms
- Plethiosphace sylvestris (L.) Opiz
- Salvia alpestris Benth.
- Salvia ambigua Čelak.
- Salvia andrzejowskii Blocki
- Salvia asperula Benth.
- Salvia collina Salisb.
- Salvia danubialis Borbás
- Salvia degenii Simonk.
- Salvia elata Host
- Salvia superba (Silva Tar. & C.K.Schneid.) Stapf
- Salvia sylvestris var. superba Silva Tar. & C.K.Schneid.
- Salvia velutina Vahl
- Sclarea sylvestris (L.) Garsault
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.