Salvia microphylla - Baby sage

Baby sage, Salvia microphylla

Salvia microphylla is a perennial shrub found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico. It is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s.

Uses

Fever.

Parts Used

Roots, Bark, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and β‐carotene/linoleic acid tests were used to determine the antioxidant activity. Terpin‐4‐ol (14.95%), sabinene (13.07%) and γ‐terpinene (11.22%) were found to be the major constituents in the essential oil of M. fragrans by gas chromatography, whereas (E)‐caryophyllene (15.35%), α‐eudesmol (14.06%), β‐eudesmol (8.74%) and γ‐eudesmol (7.64%) were encountered in the essential oil of S. microphylla.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Baby sage

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Evergreen Perennial shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Deciduous	Needled

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	2.5 cm long	White, Multi-Color	5-6	Flower Time is Late spring or early summer

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Short legume	7.5–11 cm long, 1.5 cm broad		12-20 seeds	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant usually of higher elevations in the tropics, occasionally descending as low as 1,200 metres.

Commonly seen growing in areas

beds Wall-side Borders City, Flower borders side Borders City, Coastal Cottage.

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External Links

• Microphyllandiolide, a New Diterpene with an Unprecedented Skeleton from Salvia microphylla

• Baby Sage (Salvia microphylla 'Red Velvet') in the Salvias Database