| Scientific Name: | Salvia officinalis |
| Common Name: | common sage |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Fragrance, Ground cover, Hanging basket, Herb, Medicinal plant, Perennial border, Summer interest, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Tomentose, Oblong, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Blue, Purple, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low perennial; leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate, finely crenulate, very rugose, distinct sage scent, green-yellow to medium to grayish-green to dark green-purple with purple veins or variegated cultivars. | |