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'''''Salvia hians''''' is a mound forming perennial, native to the [[Himalayas]] from [[Pakistan]] to [[Bhutan]]. It is common in Kashmir, growing at {{convert|2400|to|4000|m|ft|abbr=on}} on open slopes and forests. ''Salvia hians'' forms a mound reaching {{convert|3|ft|m}} by {{convert|2|ft|m}} wide. The leaves are typically lanceolate, slightly hairy, and grow up to {{convert|10|in|cm}} long. The flowering stems are held well above the foliage, with dusky violet flowers spaced at the end of the stem. The small calyx (less that {{convert|.5|in|cm}}) is very sticky and an unusual dark brownish red color. The flower has a gap between the two lips, described by the specific epithet, ''hians'', which means 'gaping'.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|year=2003|pages=143-144|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA143}}</ref> In India, the roots of ''S. hians'' are used as a stimulant; in Nepal they are reportedly used as a remedy for dysentery.<ref name="Kletter">{{cite book|last=Kletter|first=Christa|coauthors=Monika Kriechbaum|title=Tibetan Medicinal Plants|publisher=CRC Press|year=2001|page=127|isbn=9780849300318|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ODrIXj-48RsC&pg=PA127}}</ref> {{Inc| Salvia hians, Royle (S. himalayaca, Hort.). Hardy perennial, about 2 ft. high: st. herbaceous, erect, villous: lvs. long-petiolate, ovate, base broadly cordate-sagittate or truncate; floral lvs. ovate, acuminate: racemes somewhat branched; floral whorls 6-fld.; calyx campanulate, striate, bluish, glutinous; corolla showy, blue, tube exserted, broad, the limb short, gaping, the upper lip falcate. June. Cashmere. Var. plectranthifolia, Paxt., has fls. which are rather smaller, less hairy and deeper violet than the type. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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