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Annual clary

Salvia horminum

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Common names

23 names · 20 languages
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Other languages (19)
Dutch
French
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 彩苞鼠尾草[3]
Chinese (Traditional)
  • 彩苞鼠尾草[3]
Czech
  • šalvěj zahradní[3]
Danish
  • Dusksalvie[3]
Finnish
  • kirjosalvia[3]
German
Hebrew
  • מרווה דגולה[3]
Japanese
  • ムラサキサルビア[3]
Lithuanian
  • Dailusis šalavijas[3]
Norwegian
  • spraglesalvie[3]
Polish
  • szałwia zielona[3]
Russian
  • Шалфей зеленый[3]
  • Шалфей зелёный[3]
Slovak
  • šalvia zelená[3]
Slovenian
  • zelena kadulja[3]
Swedish
  • broksalvia[3]
Turkish
  • zarif şalba[3]
  • zarifşalba[3]
Ukrainian
  • Шавлія зелена[3]
Sources & name notes (3)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Salvia viridis — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Annual Clary — results[1].names[2]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Buntschopf-Salbei — results[1].names[4]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Sauge verte — results[1].names[17]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Bonte salie — results[1].names[10]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
[2] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Salvia viridis ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Grüner Salbei (DE); Annual Clary (EN) — VernacularName.tsv, line 159904; taxon 79GLY.
  • Buntschopf-Salbei — VernacularName.tsv, line 159903; taxon 79GLY.
[3] Salvia viridis — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Annual Clary — results[9].names[2]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Buntschopf-Salbei — results[9].names[4]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Sauge verte — results[9].names[17]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Bonte salie — results[9].names[10]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • מרווה דגולה — results[9].names[1]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • šalvěj zahradní — results[9].names[3]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • spraglesalvie — results[9].names[5]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Шалфей зелёный — results[9].names[6]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • kirjosalvia — results[9].names[7]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • ムラサキサルビア — results[9].names[8]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • 彩苞鼠尾草 — results[9].names[9]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • broksalvia — results[9].names[11]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Dailusis šalavijas — results[9].names[12]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Dusksalvie — results[9].names[13]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • zelena kadulja — results[9].names[14]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • zarifşalba — results[9].names[15]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • zarif şalba — results[9].names[16]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • 彩苞鼠尾草 — results[9].names[18]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • šalvia zelená — results[9].names[19]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Шалфей зеленый — results[9].names[20]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • Шавлія зелена — results[9].names[21]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
  • szałwia zielona — results[9].names[22]; taxon id 493015; Salvia viridis.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life treats Salvia horminum as a synonym of Salvia viridis.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1] [2]
Botanical family
Lamiaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [2]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Salvia species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable. This entry covers autumn-flowering types.

Sources [3] [3]
Native range
Medit. to Turkmenistan.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [4]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Medium
Pollen value Medium
Plant profile

About this plant

Annual clary (Salvia horminum) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from June to August.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Salvia horminum — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Taxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 2658005; ID 79H8Y; rank species; status synonym

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Catalogue of Life Salvia viridis — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 2657464; ID 79GLY; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 2657464; ID 79GLY; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidancePollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 4, column 2, entry Salvia species (top 652 pt)
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 5, column 2, entry Salvia species (top 697 pt)

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  4. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Salvia viridis — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 1095695, 1095699; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 240179, 240180, 240181, 240182, 240183, 240184, 240185, 240186, 240187, 240188, 240189, 240190, 240193, 240194, 240195, 240196, 240197, 240198, 240199, 240200, 240201, 240202, 240203, 240204

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.