VARIABILITY OF ANATOMICAL FEATURES OF <i>SALVIA OFFICINALIS </i>L. LEAVES IN CONDITIONS OF THE SOUTH-EAST OF UKRAINE
The peculiarities of the anatomical structure of Salvia officinalis L. leaves on the example of samples of different geographical origin have been investigated. Comparative and correlation analysis of the research data have made it possible to observe the following ways of plant adaptation to new existence conditions on the anatomical level: the reduction of the spongy parenchyma, the increase in the palisade coefficient, the increase in height and thickness of cell walls of the upper and lower epidermis, the height of the ridge, the number and diameter of peltate glandules. Basing on the data obtained it has been suggested that these features can be considered as the phenomarkers characterizing the introduction success of Salvia officinalis L. in the south-east of Ukraine.