Wild Clarey / خويخة ناعمة /

Vervain Sage / قويسة / كف الدب /

Salvia verbenaca L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Flowers
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Aromatic flavour
  • Herbal tea
  • Salads
Blooming period
November to May
Foraging period
January to May
Seed collection period
June to August

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Dark blue
  • Light purple
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Salvia
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q1313052
GBIF Item
Salvia verbenaca L. (6409706)

References

  1. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-05-29. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Salvia+verbenaca>
  2. de Cortes Sánchez-Mata, M., & Tardío, J. (Eds.). (2016). Mediterranean wild edible plants: ethnobotany and food composition tables. Springer.
  3. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  4. Salvia verbenaca L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-29.

Citation

Salvia verbenaca L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/795 accessed via barari.org on 5/3/2025.

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