Habit: Salvia rosmarinus grows as a shrub to up to 2 m in height. The leaves are arranged oppositely to 3 cm in length, linear with an entire margin and an apiculate leaf apex. All vegetative material is glandular pubescent. Abaxial surface white pubescent. Vegetation is aromatic.
The complete, perfect, zygomorphic flowers are arranged in racemes. The calyx has 5 fused, greenish sepals forming a tube that is covered with glandular pubescence. The corolla has 5, fused, light blue to lavender petals with 3 lobes below and 2 lobes above and slightly pubescent interiorly. There are 2 stamens. The ovary is superior with 4 locules each with a single seed. The fruit is an aggregate of nutlets.
Habitat: Salvia rosmarinus grows in the Bahamas in Human Altered environments (yards, gardens).
Distribution: Salvia rosmarinus is not native to the Lucayan Archipelago but is grown throughout the island groupings. It is native to the Mediterranean region.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Salvia rosmarinus is not known to be used medicinally in the Bahamas.
It is used in cooking as a spice.