Botanic name for Spanish Sage is Salvia lavandulaefolia, L.
Sage grows wild throughout the arid mountain slopes of southern Spain and often in closer proximity o the cultivation of Spike Lavender, particularly in the provinces Granada, Jaen and Murcia. Little of the herb reaches the market as it is usually harvested and distilled locally to give about 0.7% of the yellowish essential oil. Because of the market similarity of odor, this oil is often used as an extender of the much more expensive oil of Spike Lavender.
Components of the essential oil
Alpha-pinene
cineole (25-35%)
d-camphor (20%)
1-linalool (20%)
Linalyl acetate
Sabinyl acetate
Alpha-terpinyl acetate
Spanish Sage
