Klebriger Salbei

Requires a very well-drained light sandy soil in a sunny position. Succeeds in any good soil in full sun or partial shade. Plants can be grown in quite coarse grass, which can be cut annually in the autumn. Plants are hardy to about -20°c. During the summer the whole plant becomes covered in a tacky substance like a fragrant gum. This species has a running root system and can spread freely. Plants can be killed by excessive winter wet. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer.

Edible Parts: Edible Uses: Condiment Gum The aromatic leaves are used as a flavouring in country wines.

Gum An aromatic gum is obtained from the plant. No details are given of an uses for this gum[K]. Plants can be grown as a ground cover when spaced about 75cm apart each way. They are useful for colonizing large areas.

Heimisch: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Germany (Brandenburg [I], Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen [I], Hessen [I], Niedersachsen [I], Nordrhein-Westfalen [I], Schleswig-Holstein [I], Saarland [I], Sachsen [I], Thüringen [I]); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; NE-Spain; Andorra; France; Corsica; Italy; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; N-Greece (mountains); C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); USA [I] (Washington State [I]), Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, NO, NW. Balkan Pen., North America, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, conterminous 48 United States Eingeführt: Belgium, England, Flemish Region, France, GB, Great Britain, LT, Lithuania, New York, SE, Scotland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Walloon Region