Salvia officinalis

Species category

Herb or Spice

Common name

kitchen 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

Globose

Size

  • Length 2.2–3 mm
  • Width 2.2–2.5 mm
  • Thickness 2.2–2.5

Color

Black

Texture

Rough with scattered tubercles

Other structures

Circular hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is enclosed in a collar.

Identification notes

NutletsNutlet:
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).
are probably the most spherical of the Lamiaceae family. Only suggestions of flat sides can be seen.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Salvia officinalis L.

 Salvia officinalis.  Spherical nutlets with a circular hilum enclosed in a collar. 
Salvia officinalis. Spherical nutlets with a circular hilum enclosed in a collar.