Nemorosa is a Latin adjective deriving from nemus, meaning forest.. May Night is the cultivar name. Its common name is sometimes given as  meadow sage .. Plant Type: May Night salvia plants are herbaceous perennials. Characteristics of May Night Salvia: May Night salvia was the 1997 Perennial Plant of the Year.ay Night is the cultivar name. Its common name is sometimes given as  meadow sage .. Plant Type: May Night salvia plants are herbaceous perennials. Characteristics of May Night Salvia: May Night salvia was the 1997 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Steam distillation of dried root bark produces an essential oil consisting mostly of safrole that once was extensively used as a fragrance in perfumes and soaps, food and for aromatherapy. The yield of this oil from American sassafras is quite low and great effort is needed to produce useful amounts of the root bark.
They actually help Sassafras grow when they eat leaves of other trees. This allows more sunlight to reach the shorter Sassafras. Sassafras is very common in Virginia, and it can be a shrub or a tree. As a tree, it can grow up to 60 feet.Sassafras has three differently shaped leaves: three-lobed (see above), mitten-shaped, and simple (no lobes). Leaves are three to five inches long. In Fall, they turn red, yellow and orange.s a tree, it can grow up to 60 feet. Sassafras has three differently shaped leaves: three-lobed (see above), mitten-shaped, and simple (no lobes). Leaves are three to five inches long.