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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Salvia sclarea''
| image = Salvia sclarea3.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. sclarea'''''
| binomial = ''Salvia sclarea''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''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.
===Uses===
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.
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.
It is also the primary ingredient in Norambrolide, a supplement which uses unfounded claims of fat [[catabolism]] properties of this plant extract.
== References ==
*Huxley, A. et al., eds. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Salvia sclarea''
| image = Salvia sclarea3.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. sclarea'''''
| binomial = ''Salvia sclarea''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''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.
===Uses===
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.
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.
It is also the primary ingredient in Norambrolide, a supplement which uses unfounded claims of fat [[catabolism]] properties of this plant extract.
== References ==
*Huxley, A. et al., eds. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
