Family: mints (Lamiaceae)
Flowering period: May–August
Size: 30–60 cm
Habitat: dry meadows and pastures
The sturdy four-angled stem of meadow sage (Salvia pratensis) is branched in the flowering region. It is leafy with one to three pairs of opposite stem leaves. Long-petioled basal leaves form a leaf rosette. Their crinkled margin is bluntly toothed. From four to eight flowers are arranged in a verticillaster, the entire inflorescence forming six to twelve such verticillasters. The purple flowers are 2 to 2.5 cm long. They are covered with short glandular hairs.
Meadow sage grows on dry, barren (nutrient-poor) soils in sunny locations. In Slovenia it is a very common, widely distributed species.
