What is Common sage?
{{Taxobox | name = Common sage | image = Salvia officinalis0.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = flowers | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Lamiales]] | familia = [[Lamiaceae]] | genus = ''[[Salvia]]'' | species = '''''S. officinalis''''' | binomial = ''Salvia officinalis'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} [[Image:Salvia officinalis p1150380.jpg|thumb|Sage leaves - first variety]] '''Common sage''' (''Salvia officinalis'') is a small [[evergreen]] [[subshrub]], with woody [[Plant stem|stems]], grayish [[Leaf|leaves]], and blue to purplish flowers that grows in southern [[Europe]] and the [[Mediterranean]] region. It is much cultivated as a [[kitchen]] and medicinal [[herb]], and is also called Garden sage, Kitchen sage, and Dalmatian sage. In [[southern Europe]] similar [[species]] are sometimes cultivated for the same purpose, and may be confused with the common sage. It likes warm, quite dry [[soil]] with some [[shade]] but it will grow in almost any garden soil. It can live through winter but after three to five years the plant is past its best and should be replaced. ==Related pages== * [[Salvia]] ==References== * ''The Herb Society of America New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses'',i like herbs Deni Bown (New York: DK, 2001) * ''A Modern Herbal'' Mrs M Grieves (Surrey, UK: Merchant, 1973) == Other websites == {{commons|Salvia officinalis}} *[http://www.appliedhealth.com/nutri/page8453.php Medicinal use: from appliedhealth.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126035307/http://www.appliedhealth.com/nutri/page8453.php |date=2007-11-26 }} *[http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/sages-05.html#com Medicinal use, modern and historical: from botanical.com] {{Herbs & spices}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Herbs]] [[Category:Salvia]]