Flora of Victoria

Lower leaves c. ovate in outline, shallowly lobed to subentire, glabrescent, not or sparsely glandular beneath. Calyx often purplish. Flowers Jun.–Nov.

*CVU, *DunT, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *RobP, *VRiv, *VVP, *Wim. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Native to southern and western Europe and North Africa. A common weed of crops and road-verges, usually on relatively fertile ground, almost throughout lowland Victoria.

The name S. horminoides has been applied to plants with short, almost equal-lipped corollas that are white-dotted at the base of the lower lip. Many Victorian specimens have these characteristics.

Source: Conn, B.J. (1999). Lamiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Andre Messina, 2017-01-30

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Lamiales

family Lamiaceae

genus Salvia

species Salvia verbenaca L.

Higher taxa

variety Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	naturalised
Murray Mallee	present	naturalised
Wimmera	present	naturalised
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Robinvale Plains	present	introduced
Murray Fans	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	introduced
Otway Plain	present	introduced
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Dundas Tablelands	present	introduced
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Uplands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca

Wild Sage

Victoria

State distribution