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Salvia verticillata

Flowering Plants

Salvia verticillata, known as lilac sage or whorled clary, is a herbaceous perennial in the family Lamiaceae, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to a wide area stretching from central Europe to western Asia, and has naturalized in northern Europe and North America. The plant forms a leafy base of mid-green, hairy leaves and sends up leaf-covered stems bearing inflorescences up to 3 feet tall, with tiny lavender flowers packed into whorls above lime-green and purple calyces.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Salvia verticillata 1

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 6

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Source Wikidata: Salvia verticillata

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Sources

1. Salvia verticillata (Wikipedia)

Wikidata Q129775 (P225 taxon name)
lead paragraph (diet), EntityId 412895
Salvia verticillata, the lilac sage or whorled clary, is a herbaceous perennial native to a wide area ranging from central Europe to western Asia, and naturalized in northern Europe and North America. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Salvia verticillata has a leafy base of mid-green
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Salvia verticillata, the lilac sage or whorled clary, is a herbaceous perennial native to a wide area ranging from central Europe to western Asia, and naturalized in northern Europe and North America.

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2. GBIF Species API

GBIF Species API

System (Realm): Terrestrial

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3. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Living or Extinct: Yes

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Salvia verticillata

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Lamiales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Lamiales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Salvia verticillata

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2926995, category field

Quote, GBIF taxon key 2926995, category field

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Wikidata: Salvia verticillata

Child Taxon Of: Lamiaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

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