Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans)

Family: Lamiaceae or Labiatae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Red. Main Bloom Time: Late summer. Form: Irregular or sprawling.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Spring, Early Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant scent of pineapple and can be used fresh or dried as a flavouring. — The leaves have a pleasant scent of pineapple and can be used fresh or dried as a flavouring.; They are added to cold drinks and fruit salads, fresh leaves can be placed under sponge cake mixtures to give a subtle scent, whilst the fresh or dried leaves can be added to savoury dishes to give a sausage-like flavour.

Habitat & North American Range

Large naturalized clumps are found at woodland peripheries in the Sierra Madre from 6,000 to 9,000 feet in elevation. (Zone 8)