Vanier Garden Plant Diversity

The Sage plant (Salvia Officinalis) has multiple common names like garden sage, common sage, or culinary sage. This plant is an Angiosperm and a Eudicot. It's from the order Lamiales and the family Lamiaceae. Salvia is from the Latin “Slavere” meaning “to heal” and officinalis derives from “Officina” which is a storeroom containing herbs and medicine.(“Salvia Officinalis,” 2021) The leaves are of a green colour and the leaf type is simple. During spring or summer, the plant grows flowers that can be of the colour white, pink, blue or purple. The flower's inflorescence is spiked with the…