It is a surname of Spanish origin. Surname of a Spanish journalist and writer of the XiX century, born in Granada. His full name was Torcuato Tárrago and Mateos. It is also the common name of several herbaceous plants. Two of them are also known as salvias : one is the sage of the meadows ( Salvia pratensis ) and the other is the common one ( Salvia verbena ) ; the two are also called a rooster crest and are from the family Lamiaceae. The vinegar or sorrel is also called a sage ( Rumex acetosa of the family Polygonaceae ), the same as the bravious fennel ( Distichoselinum tenuifolium of the family Apiaceae ).
the term "argus", erect, robust, very smelly, with obtuse, scalloped and basal rosette-shaped leaves; it is used in medicine as a healer