Salvia verbenacaL.

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WFO wfo-0000302591 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salvia verbenaca, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 205712699
Salvia verbenaca, photographed by Pete Bradshaw
fig. b Pete Bradshaw, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204206533
Salvia verbenaca, photographed by scolym
fig. c scolym, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195880215
Salvia verbenaca, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. d Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188756825
Salvia verbenaca, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. e Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187701481
Salvia verbenaca, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. f Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185186929
Salvia verbenaca, photographed by Murielle Desrois
fig. g Murielle Desrois, CC0 1.0 / obs. 184219204
Salvia verbenaca, photographed by Lisa Bennett
fig. h Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183827342

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Salvia verbenaca is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptEritreaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineSinaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceIrelandItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Salvia verbenaca, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 130 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Gallitrichum anglicum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum arvale Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum candollei Timb.-Lagr.
  • Gallitrichum clandestinum (L.) Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum dichroanthum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum horminioides (Pourr.) Timb.-Lagr.
  • Gallitrichum maculatum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum pallidiflorum (St.-Amans) Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum ptychophyllum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum rosulatum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum rubellum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum stereocaulon Jord. & Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum verbenacum (L.) Fourr.
  • Gallitrichum virgatum Jord. & Fourr.
  • Horminum parviflorum Moench
  • Horminum sylvestre Gray
  • Horminum verbenaceum (L.) Mill.
  • Larnastyra claytonii (Nutt.) Raf.
  • Larnastyra verbenaca (L.) Raf.
  • Salvia acutata Link
  • Salvia agrestis Vill.
  • Salvia ambigua Rochebr. & Sav.
  • Salvia anglica (Jord. & Fourr.) Verl., Arv.-Touv. & Faure
  • Salvia anselmi Sennen

and 106 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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