Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Salvia officinalis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded16 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 23 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Sage	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SW. Germany to S. Europe	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	51 cm	51.23 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 116, 164, 500, 818, 898, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 350, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	blue	purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 350	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	empty	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	60 cm	60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 116, 164, 500, 818, 898, 918	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 818, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	47 cm	47 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Other
Human usage type	—	medical, ornamental, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record

Salvia officinalis L., 1753 37% complete

Sage

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