Salvia aurita

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Salvia aurita (African valley sage) is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to South Africa (the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces) and Eswatini.{{cite web |title=Salvia aurita|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=182049 |access-date=2015-08-12}} It is found growing on streambanks. It grows to {{convert|1.2|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall, with numerous blue, white, and lilac flowers growing in whorls on short racemes.{{cite book|last=Sutton|first=John|title=The Gardener's Guide to Growing Salvias|publisher=Workman Publishing Company|date=2004|page=121|isbn=978-0-88192-671-2}}