Salvia viridisL.

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WFO wfo-0000302616 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salvia viridis, photographed by Edmundas Greimas
fig. a Edmundas Greimas, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 199986087
Salvia viridis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. b Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118767630
Salvia viridis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. c Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116978827
Salvia viridis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. d Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116974106
Salvia viridis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116976016
Salvia viridis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116981608
Salvia viridis, photographed by Kostas Zontanos
fig. g Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 11196825
Salvia viridis, photographed by Михаил Орлов
fig. h Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52801142

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Salvia viridis is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanAlbaniaBulgariaGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Baleares
Native distribution of Salvia viridis, 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
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 22 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.

  • Flipanta ovata Raf.
  • Horminum coloratum Moench
  • Horminum sativum Mill.
  • Horminum viride (L.) Moench
  • Ormilis horminum (L.) Raf.
  • Ormilis viridis (L.) Raf.
  • Salvia colorata Thore
  • Salvia comosa Salisb.
  • Salvia dolichorrhiza Caball.
  • Salvia horminum L.
  • Salvia horminum var. angustifolia Boiss.
  • Salvia horminum var. hypoleuca Briq.
  • Salvia horminum var. intermedia Briq.
  • Salvia horminum var. viridis (L.) Caruel
  • Salvia intercedens Pobed.
  • Salvia rosani Ten.
  • Salvia spielmannii Scop.
  • Salvia truncata Willd.
  • Salvia viridis var. comata Heldr.
  • Salvia viridis var. horminum (L.) Batt.
  • Salvia viridis var. violacea Benth.
  • Sclarea viridis (L.) Soják

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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