Family: mint family (Lamiaceae)
Flowering time: July–September
Size: 40–80 cm
Habitat: forests, forest edges, shrubs and river banks
A stout, upright stem of sticky sage (Salvia glutinosa) is roughly four-angled and unbranched. In the lower part it is almost bare, in the upper part and in the flowering region it is densely glandular-pubescent and therefore sticky to the touch. It is leafy with large, sharply pointed, petiolate, lanceolate leaves with irregularly toothed margins. In the upper part of the stem are large, 3 to 4.5 cm long, pale-yellow flowers with a red pattern on the lower lip forming apparent flower whorls.
Sticky sage grows on moist, nitrogen-rich soils in sheltered places under trees or shrubs on moderately warm sites. The species is common and widely distributed in Slovenia.
