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Salvia verbenaca - Verbena Sage, Wild Clary
Valenciano: Tàrrec
Spanish: Cresta de Gallo
Perennial aromatic plant, generally with erect branches up to 80-cm tall. Spikes
of blue flowers and large irregularly-lobed or cut leaves mostly from a basal
rosette, or from the base stem. Corolla with unequal lips which diverge a little,
the upper lip slightly curved at the end only, darker blue with style projecting.
Locally Used as an infusion for digestion; externally for small wounds. The leaves
have also been used as a substitute for tobacco.
Flowers: all year round