Salvia hypargeia

Fisch. et Mey.

LamiaceaeLeavesSpice/Beverage
Salvia hypargeia
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Salvia hypargeia
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Salvia hypargeia
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves - tea

The leaves are used to make tea.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Mediterranean, Turkey, Türkiye,

Countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Malta, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey

How to Identify

A temperate herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae).

Wikipedia

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Salvia hypargeia is a herbaceous perennial native to Turkey. Leaves are simple to simple basal, linear to linear-oblong, greenish on top and whitish on the underside. Flowers are arranged in verticelles, with 4–8 flowers per verticelle. The corolla is 2.5 to 3 cm (0.98 to 1.18 in) long with a lavender to purplish-blue upper lip, and a lavender to cream lower lip.

Names & Synonyms

Siyahot

References (4)
  • Ertug, F., 2000, An Ethnobotanical Study in Central Anatolia (Turkey). Economic Botany Vol. 54. No. 2. pp. 155-182
  • Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
  • Rivera, D. et al, 2006, Gathered Mediterranean Food Plants - Ethnobotanical Investigations and Historical Development, in Heinrich M, Müller WE, Galli C (eds): Local Mediterranean Food Plants and Nutraceuticals. Forum Nutr. Basel, Karger, 2006, vol 59, pp 18–74
  • Senkardes, I & Tuzlaci, E., 2016, Wild Edible Plants of Southern Part of Nevsehir inTurkey. Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 20:34-43

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