Salvia officinalis

species of plant, for the culinary/medicinal herb use Q67206399
Taxon taxon Q1111359
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Summary

Salvia officinalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,167 views/month, #746 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Medicinal plant of the year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Salvia[6]
  • Taxon name: Salvia officinalis[7]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[8], perennial plant[9]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[10], spice[11]
  • Commons category: Salvia officinalis[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Salvia[13]
  • Commons gallery: Salvia officinalis[14]
  • Described at URL: https://yerbateca.org/plantas/salvia-officinalis/[15]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[16]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=32950[18]
  • This taxon is source of: sage leaf[19], Sage oil[20], smell of sage[21], sage[22], dried sage[23]
  • Short name: S[24]
  • Taxon common name: Echter Salbei[25], kitchen sage[26], šalvěj lékařská[27], Læge-Salvie[28], Heilsalbei[29], common sage[30], Sauge officinale[31], Kadulja[32], echte salie[33], franse salie[34], tuinsalie[35], šalvia lekárska[36], Tıbbi ada çayı[37], Mermasangre[38]

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Identifiers

Salvia officinalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 38868[39]. Salvia officinalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 578478[40]. Salvia officinalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927004[41]. Salvia officinalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32729[42].

Why It Matters

Salvia officinalis has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

FAQs

What awards did Salvia officinalis receive?

Honors received include Medicinal plant of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [39] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [42] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . utep.edu. utep.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Adlermail2 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 78
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons'
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Has use: medicinal plant"
  2. 23d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → salvia-officinalis
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  3. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://yerbateca.org/plantas/salvia-officinalis/
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66
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