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Salvia aethiopis

Species category

Weed

Common name

African sage, Mediterranean sage

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
 with two flat sides

Size

  • Length 2.5 mm
  • Width 2 mm
  • Thickness 1.5 mm

Color

Brown with dark brown veins

Texture

Minutely tuberculateTuberculate:
Having small pimple-like protuberances.

Other structures

Single, small scar is at the base of the ridge between flat surfaces.

Identification notes

The ridge between the flat surfaces is marked with a dark brown line. ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
 ends of the flat surfaces and the curved dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
 side are marked with a network of dark brown veins.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah 

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Salvia aethiopis L.

Salvia aethiopis. Nutlets with a ridge between the flat surfaces that is marked with a dark brown line. The apical ends of the flat surfaces and the curved dorsal side are marked with a network of dark brown veins. 
Salvia aethiopis. Nutlets with a ridge between the flat surfaces that is marked with a dark brown line. The apical ends of the flat surfaces and the curved dorsal side are marked with a network of dark brown veins.