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Salvia aegyptiaca
Salvia aegyptiaca, the Egyptian sage, is a herbaceous subshrub from dry, desert and semi-desert regions stretching from Macaronesia through North Africa and Arabia to northwest India. It is grown mainly as a hardy, drought-tolerant ornamental in dry, sunny gardens.
Salvia aegyptiaca, the Egyptian sage, is a herbaceous plant species of the family Lamiaceae.
Salvia aegyptiaca is found in the Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, NW and N. Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia aegyptiaca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
