Salvia aethiopis

Mediterranean sage

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Mediterranean sage is a naturalized perennial herb found in the Mother Lode Provinces in fields and roadsides at elevations of 1,250 to 1,550 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces pale yellow flowers with white-woolly calyxes, forming clusters of 5 to 10 blossoms in an open panicle. Growing 30 to 60 centimeters tall with a tomentose (woolly) texture, the plant has an upright and somewhat branching form. Its leaves are primarily basal, widely lanceolate to triangular, measuring 5 to 30 centimeters long with irregular teeth that are acute to rounded. The fruit is small, shiny, and dark brown, approximately 2.5 to 3 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Fields, roadsides

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 1250-1550 m

Bioregions: MP

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.