Salvia verticillataL.

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WFO wfo-0000302602 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salvia verticillata, photographed by Vladimír Fuka
fig. a Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 204241134
Salvia verticillata, photographed by Tobias Schönberg
fig. b Tobias Schönberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201079249
Salvia verticillata, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. c Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197896721
Salvia verticillata, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. d Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194348995
Salvia verticillata, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. e Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193955393
Salvia verticillata, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. f Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161334607
Salvia verticillata, photographed by Valerii Darmostuk
fig. g Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159781491
Salvia verticillata, photographed by Olha Sira
fig. h Olha Sira, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159933644

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Salvia verticillata is native: Altay, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AltayIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Salvia verticillata, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

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 14 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.

  • Covola verticillata (L.) Medik.
  • Hemisphace verticillata (L.) Opiz
  • Horminum verticillatum (L.) Mill.
  • Salvia amasiana Freyn & Bornm.
  • Salvia lampsanifolia Vahl ex Steud.
  • Salvia mollis Donn
  • Salvia paalii Pénzes
  • Salvia peloponnesiaca Boiss. & Heldr.
  • Salvia regeliana Trautv.
  • Salvia uberrima Rech.f.
  • Salvia verticillata f. natronata Simonk.
  • Salvia verticillata var. mollis Kauffm.
  • Salvia verticillata var. parvifolia K.Koch
  • Sphacopsis verticillata (L.) Briq.

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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