Pharmacology - Salvia at Home Depot

[Thelonefefe]

So ive heard from a little kitty of mine that Salvia plants were being sold in Home Depot! he even sent a picture! Would this be the same plant to get you high? Could one grow and cultivate it?

[Frenzal]

Doubt it.

There are other, more common, ornamental types of salvia.

[Benga]

yes, this would be other ornemental or officinal sage, salvia.
Salvia divinorum is the strongly psychoactive one.

due to this question's reccurence, i'm starting to think it's time for a sticky stating this in the thread title.

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[TheMainException]

Benga: I think that's a very good idea. This question comes up at least once a month.

[Niasyn]

This cat I know went to a Lowes and looked over their whole plant collection for psychoactives, he came away with a four salvia species (not divinorum) and an ice plant. It was really disorganized and a bad place to look for such things.

[Thelonefefe]

They were actually psychoactive?

[Potter]

Of course not! Major stores do not sell psychoactive sage species.

And as far as "ice plants" go, let's say the person did get one of the 1,900 species of Mesembryanthemum and not some other plant casually given that name, would any one like to place bets that said plant is one of the hand ful of active ones? Anyone? 1,900:5 against!

[TheMainException]

To prove his point, take a look: http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mesembryanthemum All there is on this page are a list of different types of this species. A LOT...and I'm willing to bet that's not all of them.

The good psychoactive plants are hard to get in a greenhouse...let's face it, they just aren't as pretty. (But they do a number on how you see the world, so let's just say they're pretty on the inside).

[Alfa]

Originally Posted by Alfa

The most used Salvia plant is not psychoactive: Salvia officinalis. It is widely used and commonly referred to as 'Salvia' or 'Sage'. The popularity of Salvia divinorum in the recent years and likely the lazyness of drug users has caused the same name to be used for this plant.

here are some other members of the Salvia genus to give you an idea:

Salvia aethiopis L.
Salvia amissa Epling
Salvia apiana Jepson
Salvia argentea L.
Salvia arizonica Gray
Salvia azurea Michx.
Salvia ballotiflora Benth.
Salvia X bernardina Parish
Salvia blogdettii Chapm.
Salvia brandegeei Munz
Salvia carduacea Benth.
Salvia chapmanii Gray
Salvia clevelandii Greene
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz
Salvia columbariae Benth.
Salvia davidsonii Greenm.
Salvia divinorum Epling & Jativa
Salvia dolichantha Whitehouse
Salvia dorrii Abrams
Salvia elegans
Salvia engelmannii Gray
Salvia eremostachya Jepson
Salvia farinacea Benth.
Salvia funerea M.E. Jones
Salvia glutinosa L.
Salvia greatae Brandeg.
Salvia greggii Gray
Salvia henryi Gray
Salvia hispanica L.
Salvia lemmonii Gray
Salvia leptophylla Benth.
Salvia leucophylla Greene
Salvia longistyla Benth.
Salvia lycioides Gray
Salvia lyrata L.
Salvia mellifera Greene
Salvia micrantha Vahl
Salvia microphylla Benth.
Salvia misella Kunth
Salvia mohavensis Greene
Salvia munzii Epling
Salvia nemorosa L.
Salvia nohavensis Greene
Salvia nutans L.
Salvia occidentalis Sw.
Salvia officinalis L.
Salvia pachyphylla Epling
Salvia X palmeri Gray
Salvia parryi Gray
Salvia penstemonoides Kunth & Bouché
Salvia pinguifolia Woot. & Standl.
Salvia potus Epling
Salvia pratensis L.
Salvia reflexa Hornem.
Salvia regla Cav.
Salvia riparia Kunth
Salvia roemeriana Scheele
Salvia sclarea L.
Salvia serotina L.
Salvia sonomensis Greene
Salvia spathacea Greene
Salvia splendens Sellow
Salvia subincisa Benth.
Salvia summa A. Nels.
Salvia X superba Stapf
Salvia X sylvestris L.
Salvia texana Torr.
Salvia thomasiana Urban
Salvia tiliifolia Vahl
Salvia urticifolia L.
Salvia vaseyi Parish
Salvia verbenacea L.
Salvia verticillata L.
Salvia vinacea Woot. & Standl.
... and dozens more.

So long story short: do not smoke that.

related threads: common sage, common salvia, salvia officinalis

[Niasyn]

Originally Posted by Potter

Of course not! Major stores do not sell psychoactive sage species.

And as far as "ice plants" go, let's say the person did get one of the 1,900 species of Mesembryanthemum and not some other plant casually given that name, would any one like to place bets that said plant is one of the hand ful of active ones? Anyone? 1,900:5 against!

Exactly so, I don't believe he found anything of true value, but he learned alot about spotting salvia species huddled amongst a mass of other mislabeled plants, based on common traits. Certainly made him interested in getting a psychoactive botany book with drawings for identification and wandering off into the woods.

His ice plant, however.. He hasn't read any kind of tek that has worked in regards to proper extraction/usage, but it is interesting looking.