Salvia aurea

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Width:	⇔	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		9 to 11
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names

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Read about Salvia aurea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Salvia aurea, Linn. Shrub, 3 ft. or more high, white-tomentose: lvs. 1/2- 1 in. long, petiolate, ovate-sub- rotund, obtuse, entire or sinuate, leathery, hoary; floral lvs. sessile, villous, persistent: racemes dense, 2-4 in. long, somewhat branched; floral whorls 2-fld., approximate; calyx broad-campanulate, villous, the lips membranous dilated, veined, and colored, the lobes ovate-rotundate; corolla very beautiful, golden yellow, the galea somewhat falcate. July. S. Afr.—Intro. into Calif. According to one grower the fls. are at first sulfur-yellow turning very quickly to a rusty color. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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