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Scientific name:

Salvia glutinosa

Vernacular name:

Clary, Sticky


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Scientific name: Salvia glutinosa L.

Diagnostic features
Erect perennial to 1m, very glandular above.
Leaves ovate, cordate or more often hastate at base, sharply serrate.
Bracts small, green.
Corolla 3-4cm, yellow with reddish markings.

Chromosome number: (2n=16).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; grown in gardens, naturalized in woods, hedges and on road- and river-banks.

Distribution
Scattered in England and Scotland; South Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 3095 in the Text Key.

Salvia glutinosa (Clary, Sticky)
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