Plant Profile

Salvia officinalis (common sage, Ramona)

Salvia officinalis commonly called sage, is the culinary sage familiar to most cooks. It also has excellent ornamental qualities. It has gray-green leaves that are strongly aromatic and are frequently used fresh or dried in cooking as a seasoning, and attracts bees and butterflies.

Genus name is the Latin name for sage presumably for the medicinal quality of the plants

  • Landscape Information
  • Botanical Description
  • Horticulture Management
  • By Walter Pöder, [1] (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Wildfeuer (Own work (own photo)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Kaly.joly (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Plenuska (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Adrian Michael (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Walter Pöder, [1] (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Search plant on Google

Download as PDF
  • By Walter Pöder, [1] (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Wildfeuer (Own work (own photo)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Kaly.joly (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Plenuska (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Adrian Michael (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Walter Pöder, [1] (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Search plant on Google

Download as PDF
  • By Walter Pöder, [1] (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Wildfeuer (Own work (own photo)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Kaly.joly (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Plenuska (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Adrian Michael (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Walter Pöder, [1] (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Search plant on Google

Download as PDF