Common name
English: Meadow Clary, Meadow Sage
German: Wiesensalbei
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(family description)
Genus: Salvia (10)
Epithet: pratensis L. (5)
Synonyms: Gallitrichum clusii Timb.-Lagr., Gallitrichum pratense (L.) Fourr., Plethiosphace leistneriana Opiz, Plethiosphace pratensis (L.) Opiz, Plethiosphace stenantha Opiz, Salvia agrestis L., Salvia arnassensis Gand., Salvia ceratophylla Ten., Salvia ceratophylloides Ard., Salvia clusii Timb.-Lagr., Salvia dubia K.Koch, Salvia exasperata Cav., Salvia lupinoides Vilm., Salvia macrantha Schur, Salvia rostrata F.W.Schmidt, Salvia rubicunda Wender. ex Benth., Salvia salvatorii Vilm., Salvia sublobata Schur, Salvia tenorei Spreng., Salvia tiberina Mauri, Salvia variegata Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd., Salvia vulgaris Briq., Sclarea pratensis (L.) Mill., Sclarea tuberosa Mill.
agrestis => wild on arable land
clusii => in honor of Charles de l’Écluse (Carolus Clusius) (1526–1609), Flemish doctor and pioneering botanist
dubia => doubtful, uncertain (usually in regard to taxonomic placement)
macrantha => large-flowered
pratense => growing in meadows
pratensis => growing in meadows
rostrata => beak-shaped, somewhat beaked
tuberosa => producing or resembling tubers
variegata => irregularly coloured, in stripes or patches
vulgaris => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple