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A plant (Salvia patens): flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.

A plant (Salvia virgata Ait.) related to sage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Seven plants, including a chalice vine and fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A plant (Salvia indica L.) related to sage: two sections of a flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Chia (Salvia hispanica L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Two flowering plants: sage (Salvia officinalis) and meadow sage (Salvia pratensis). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

A plant (Salvia verbenaca): flowering and fruiting stems with part of rootstock and separate floral sections and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

A plant (Salvia glutinosa): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Three flowers: a garden verbena (Verbena teucrioides), a mallow (Malva coccineum) and a salvia (Salvia patens). Coloured aquatint by A. Adlard, c. 1838.

Seven different types of sage (Salvia species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Bluebeard (Salvia viridis L.): two entire flowering stems numbered 1 and 2, with separate segments of flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Seven different types of sage (Salvia species): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured lithograph.

De salvia. Dissertatio inauguralis ... / [Andreas Ernst Etlinger].

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Salvia

Images from the collections

Images about Salvia

Works from the collections

A plant (Salvia glutinosa): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Bluebeard (Salvia viridis L.): two entire flowering stems numbered 1 and 2, with separate segments of flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

De salvia. Dissertatio inauguralis ... / [Andreas Ernst Etlinger].

Seven plants, including a chalice vine and fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A plant (Salvia patens): flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.

Salvia

Images from the collections

Images about Salvia

Works from the collections

A plant (Salvia glutinosa): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Bluebeard (Salvia viridis L.): two entire flowering stems numbered 1 and 2, with separate segments of flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

De salvia. Dissertatio inauguralis ... / [Andreas Ernst Etlinger].

Seven plants, including a chalice vine and fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A plant (Salvia patens): flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.

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