Salvia virgata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image_caption = Flower of Salvia virgata at the Orto Botanico di Brera

|taxon = Salvia virgata

|authority = Jacq.

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Salvia virgata (wand sage, southern meadow sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Asia and southeastern Europe. It is considered a noxious weed in many parts of the world.{{GRIN | access-date=13 March 2012}}

S. virgata is sometimes included within Salvia pratensis. Flowers grow in whorls of 4–6 with a blue-violet corolla (rarely white) that is {{convert|1|to|2|cm|in}} long. The ovate to oblong leaves are dull green on the top surface, with the underside covered with glands and thick hairs.{{cite book|last1=DiTomaso |first1=Joseph M.|last2=Healy|first2=Evelyn A.|title=WEEDS OF CALIFORNIA AND OTHER WESTERN STATES, Volume 1|publisher=ANR Publications|date=2007|pages=885–889|isbn=9781879906693|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REZnaLndgoAC&pg=PA885}}