Salvia triloba, L. fil.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 189

5. S. triloba L. fil. , Suppl. 88 (1781)

( S. lobryana Aznav. ).

Shrub up to 120 cm. Stems appressed white-tomentose. Leaves simple, or pinnate with 1-2 pairs of ovate lateral segments and a large oblong-elliptical terminal segment, petiolate, rugose, eglandular, greyish-white beneath, greenish above. Verticillasters with 2-6 flowers. Calyx 5-8 mm, campanulate, toothed, often purple, glandular or eglandular-pubescent. Corolla 16-25 mm, lilac or pink, rarely white. C. & E. Mediterranean region, from Sicilia to Kriti. Al Cr G r It Si [Lu].

Polymorphic, especially in density of indumentum, as well as in height, shape of leaf, and length of spike. Some variants have been recognized in Portugal as subspecies (see A. R. Pinto da Silva, Agron. Lusit. 20: 237-238 (1959)), but similar plants occur throughout the range of the species.