Salvias europeias - European Salvias
Salvia is the largest genus inside the Lamiaceae family with almost 1000 different species. America is the continent where you can find most of Salvia species and only a few dozens of different ones can be found in Europe. Salvia pratensis from Vienna According to flora-on in Portugal there are 6 native species: S. viridis , S. verbenaca , S. sclareoides , S. aethiopsis , S. argentea and the rosemary ( Salvia rosmarinus ) that I'm so delighted that now it is part of this genus . Even though I love and I focus my attention in hundreds of different genera, Salvia is probably my favourite since the beginning of my journey in Botany. I collected some dozens of different species in my garden. In the past years I've been trying to photograph all the Salvias I found on my field trips across Europe. The 7 Salvias I recorded in Europe: In Slovakia Paradise, north of Slovakia, I took 3 photos of a plant that I just realized later that it was S. verticillata . Salv...