Annual Clary / نوارة المرج

ميرمية العلم / مَردَقوش أحْمَر

Salvia viridis L.

Flowers, March. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Seeds
Preparation
  • Cooked with olive oil
  • Raw
Blooming period
February to May
Foraging period
January to June
Seed collection period
June to August

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Light purple
  • Purple
  • Violet
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Salvia
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q2068059
GBIF Item
Salvia viridis L. (3883959)

References

  1. Plants For A Future. Salvia viridis L.(2022, January 17).
  2. Salvia viridis L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  3. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

Salvia viridis L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/726 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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