Sagargandha / Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salvia rosmarinus
- Genus
- Salvia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
- Leaf surface
- TomentoserecordedDensely covered in matted, woolly hairs.“The leaves are evergreen, 2–4 cm (3⁄4–1+1⁄2 in) long and 2–5 mm (1⁄16–3⁄16 in) broad, green above, and white below, with dense, short, woolly hair.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sagargandha itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sagargandha itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- सागरगंधा Sagargandha
About Sagargandha
Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) is a species in the Lamiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Karnataka and Uttarakhand.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, planted as an ornamental and distilled for an aromatic oil.
In culture
It is treated as sacred and appears in worship and turns up in ritual and festival use.
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Sagargandha belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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