common sage Lamiaceae Salvia officinalis

Leaf:Opposite, simple, evergreen, narrowly elliptical to ovate in shape, to 5 inches in length; wrinkled, woolly-tomentose and gray-green above and below; very aromatic.
Flower:Species is monoecious; mostly purple but white and pink varieties exist, in whorls borne on upright spikes; individual flowers to 1/2 inch with pea-like corollas; very aromatic; appearing mid-summer.
Fruit:Small shiny brown-black nutlets borne in husks.
Twig:Green to gray-brown and pale-tomentose.
Bark:Becoming shreddy and gray-brown.
Form:A rounded straggling shrub to three feet tall with weakly woody stems.

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