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'''''Salvia viridis''''' ('''Annual Clary''', '''Orval''') is an [[annual plant]] native to an area extending from the [[Mediterranean]] to the [[Crimea]] and into [[Iran]]. It was known as ''Salvia horminum'' for many years, since [[Carl Linnaeus]] described ''S. viridis'' and ''S. horminum'' as separate species in 1753. Some modern botanist still believe that they are two separate species. ''viridis'', from the [[Greek language|Greek]], refers to the color green, with implications of youth and vigor. ''horminum'' is Greek for sage.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=302|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA302}}</ref> ''Salvia viridis'' quickly grows to {{convert|1|to|2|ft|m}} tall and {{convert|1|ft|m}} wide, with a flowering period of over a month. Colorful bracts almost hide the tiny two-lipped flowers, which are cream-colored, with the upper lip tinged with purple or rose, reflecting the bract color. The flowers last well as cut flowers or dried flowers. The plant prefers friable soil, good drainage, moderate water, and three-quarters to a full day of sunlight. Seed can be sown in late March in a greenhouse or directly into the border after the last frost.<ref name="Clebsch"/> {{Inc| Salvia horminum, Linn. Annual, about 1 1/2 ft. high: st. herbaceous, erect, villous: lvs. petiolate, oval-oblong, base rotund or cuneate, obtuse, crenate, villous; floral lvs. very broad, acute, persistent, the upper ones variously colored: racemes simple; floral whorls distant, about 6-fld.; calyx tubular, pubescent; corolla light lilac or pale violet to reddish violet or purple. June-Aug. S. Eu. Var. alba, Hort., has white floral lvs. Var. purpurea, Hort., misspelled purpureum (S. Horminum var. rubra, Hort.), has bright carmine-red to brilliant purple-red floral lvs. darker veined. Var. violacea, Hort. (S. Bluebeard, Hort.), has light violet-blue floral lvs. somewhat larger and darker veined. Var. vulgaris, Hort., has violet-blue floral lvs., with darker veins. }} ==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/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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