Sage

Sage (scientific name: Salvia japonica Thunb.) is an annual herb of the Lamiaceae family and the sage genus. The stem is upright, the height of the plant is 30-100 cm, the plant is clustered, and the plant is pilose. The stem is quadrangular columnar, and the hairy lower part is slightly lignified. The leaves are opposite, oblong, with obvious green veins, glabrous on both sides, and glandular spots on the bottom. The fibrous roots are dense. The terminal raceme, the inflorescence is 15 cm or more long; the bracts are small, blue-purple, and the flower buds are wrapped before flowering; the peduncle is densely covered with blue-purple pilose. Calyx bell-shaped, blue-purple, glandular pilose on the outer side of the calyx. Flowering from June to September.
Sage's tail grassland is produced in southern Europe and the Mediterranean coast. China is mainly distributed in Zhejiang, southern Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, and Guangxi; born on hillsides, roadsides, shade grasses, watersides and trees.
Sage is often cultivated as a kitchen herb or as a medicinal herb. It can also be used to extract essential oils and make sachets.