Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) flowers, on a white background. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) flowers, on a white background. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly on Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis), Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Nick Garbutt / Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) nectaring on Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis). North Tyrol, Austria. June.

Nick Garbutt / Alpine Wildflower meadow, a diversity of species including Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis), Sainfoin (Onobrychis sp) and Rattle (Rhinanthus sp). North Tyrol, Austria. June.

Heather Angel / Carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp) nectaring on Clary sage (Salvia sclarea). Pollen deposited on bee's back by hanging anthers. Turkey. June.

Loic Poidevin / Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) Causse Mejean, Tarn, France, May.

Loic Poidevin / Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) Gorges du Tarn, France, May

Fabrice Cahez / Flower meadow with Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis), Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) and Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Vosges, France. May.

Fabrice Cahez / Honeybee (Apis melifera) foraging on Sage flower (Salvia pratensis) Vosges, France, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Meadow with flowers of Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis), Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) and Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Vosges, France. May.