PlantFiles: White Sage
Salvia apiana

Smudging with this plant will not make a pregnant woman miscarry or nauseous. In fact, among the native peoples who use it, this plant is specifically used during childbirth. You can read about it here:

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Please don't post hearsay about herbs. When you post an assertion about toxicity, give references to back up your assertions.

This plant is great to grow in warm environments. Growing your own will mean less stripping of the herb in the wild.

This is a lovely fragrant salvia and may be divided at the roots but be careful as it does not like being translplanted very much. It is best (and very easy) to propagate buy cuttings.

On TOXICITY of Salvia Apiana: many people burn the dried leaves of this plant an an aromatherapeutic incense, or "smudge" (a Native American cleansing practice). The smoke of the burning herb is toxic to pregnant women (will cause nausea/vomiting, and may in extreme cases cause miscarriage).

Culinary, decorative and medicinal use. Sort of a woody plant. Used to make smudge sticks in cermonies in Native American rituals. Aromatic. Used in honey. Many medicinal and household uses. It's more of a shrub, really. Harvest after plants have established themselves. In the second and following years, cut the stems about a half foot from soil as flowers bloom. Then hang upside down in ventilated dry room.