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'''''Salvia sclarea''''', '''clary''', or '''clary sage''', is a [[Biennial plant|biennial]] or short-lived herbaceous [[perennial]] in the genus ''[[Salvia]]''.  It is native to the region from [[Central Asia]] to the north [[Mediterranean]].
  
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'''''Salvia sclarea''''' ('''clary''' or '''clary sage'''), is a [[biennial]] or short-lived [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]] in the genus ''[[Salvia]]'', native to [[Europe]] east to central [[Asia]]. It grows to 1 m tall, with opposite [[leaf|leaves]] 10-20 cm long and 6-12 cm broad, with a thick woolly texture. The [[flower]]s are in several clusters of 2-6 together on the stem, 2.5-3.5 cm long, white to pink or pale purple. Its strong and unusual [[odour]] is considered unpleasant by some, while others find it very attractive.
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It is a short lived herbaceous perennial that reaches 1 m in height when in flower. In winter it dies back to a basal rosette. The [[leaf|leaves]] have a woolly-texture and are 10-20&nbsp;cm long and 6-12&nbsp;cm broad. Its [[flower]]s appear in several clusters of 2-6 on the stem, are 2.5-3.5&nbsp;cm long, and are white, pink, or pale purple in color. The bracts on the flowering stems have similar colors to the flowers. Oil bearing glands occur profusely on the flowering stems. <ref>Clebsch: the New Book of Salvias</ref>
  
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The leaves have also been used as a [[vegetable]]. Clary is often grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens and as a herb in herb beds, whence it can be used in sauces and [[stuffing]], much as other sages.
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The distilled [[essential oil]] is occasionally found in specialty stores such as natural food stores and "scent shops". The odour is sometimes described as "sweaty", spicy or "hay-like". Clary seeds have a [[Mucilage|mucilaginous]] coat, and so old herbals recommended putting a seed into the eye of someone with a foreign object in it, to adhere to the object and make it easy to remove.
 
  
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The leaves have been used as a [[vegetable]] in cookery. Clary was used as a flavouring in [[ale]]s before the use of [[hops]] became common, and also in [[wine]], notably [[Muscat grape|muscatel]]. It is also used as a flavouring in some [[tobacco]] products. Clary can be used as a [[tea]] or in [[aromatherapy]], and is supposed to have a calming effect.
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'''''[[Salvia]] sclarea'''''. (S. bracteata, Sims, not Soland., in Russ. S. Simsiana, R. & S.). Clary. Biennial, 2-3 ft. high: st. herbaceous, stout, erect, villous: lvs. often 8-9 x 4-5 in., petiolate, broad-ovate, erose-crenate, base cordate, hoary, the uppermost clasping; floral lvs. very broad, acuminate, concave, membranaceous, colored, their base white, their tips rose: racemes paniculate; floral whorls distant, about 6-fld.; calyx campanulate, striate, pubescent-hispid, the teeth rather spiny-acuminate; corolla whitish blue, the tube included. Aug. S. Eu. Var. turkestanica, Hort. (S. turkestanica, Hort. S. turkestaniana, Hort.), grows 3 ft. high, has quadrangular sts. tinged with pink, basal lvs. on long petioles and long spikes, 2 1/2 ft. high, of large white fls., tinged with pink. There is a form offered in the trade under the name of S. turkestanica superba, Hort., which has "dense branched pyramids of silky foliage and conspicuous rosy bracts, and white fls." S. bracteata, Soland., in Russ., is a valid species belonging to Section 1. It is a subshrub about 1-1 1/2 ft. high, with purplish fls. and a native of Asia Minor and Syria. Probably not in cult.
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Image:Salvia sclarea1.jpg|Clusters of clary flowers
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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It is also the primary ingredient in Norambrolide, a supplement which uses unfounded claims of fat [[catabolism]] properties of this plant extract.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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*Huxley, A. et al., eds. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
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Latest revision as of 23:02, 10 May 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36. to 48 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 48.
Width: ⇔ 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ flowers, edible
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Flower features: ❀ blue, purple, white
Scientific Names

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Salvia sclarea, clary, or clary sage, is a biennial or short-lived herbaceous perennial in the genus Salvia. It is native to the region from Central Asia to the north Mediterranean.

It is a short lived herbaceous perennial that reaches 1 m in height when in flower. In winter it dies back to a basal rosette. The leaves have a woolly-texture and are 10-20 cm long and 6-12 cm broad. Its flowers appear in several clusters of 2-6 on the stem, are 2.5-3.5 cm long, and are white, pink, or pale purple in color. The bracts on the flowering stems have similar colors to the flowers. Oil bearing glands occur profusely on the flowering stems. [1]

The leaves have also been used as a vegetable. Clary is often grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a herb in herb beds, whence it can be used in sauces and stuffing, much as other sages.


Read about Salvia sclarea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Salvia sclarea. (S. bracteata, Sims, not Soland., in Russ. S. Simsiana, R. & S.). Clary. Biennial, 2-3 ft. high: st. herbaceous, stout, erect, villous: lvs. often 8-9 x 4-5 in., petiolate, broad-ovate, erose-crenate, base cordate, hoary, the uppermost clasping; floral lvs. very broad, acuminate, concave, membranaceous, colored, their base white, their tips rose: racemes paniculate; floral whorls distant, about 6-fld.; calyx campanulate, striate, pubescent-hispid, the teeth rather spiny-acuminate; corolla whitish blue, the tube included. Aug. S. Eu. Var. turkestanica, Hort. (S. turkestanica, Hort. S. turkestaniana, Hort.), grows 3 ft. high, has quadrangular sts. tinged with pink, basal lvs. on long petioles and long spikes, 2 1/2 ft. high, of large white fls., tinged with pink. There is a form offered in the trade under the name of S. turkestanica superba, Hort., which has "dense branched pyramids of silky foliage and conspicuous rosy bracts, and white fls." S. bracteata, Soland., in Russ., is a valid species belonging to Section 1. It is a subshrub about 1-1 1/2 ft. high, with purplish fls. and a native of Asia Minor and Syria. Probably not in cult.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • Clusters of clary flowers

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References

  1. ↑ Clebsch: the New Book of Salvias

External links


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