Salvia hians


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. to 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width: 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Flower features: blue, purple
Scientific Names

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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 2400 to 4000 m on open slopes and forests.

Salvia hians forms a mound reaching 3 ft m by 2 ft m wide. The leaves are typically lanceolate, slightly hairy, and grow up to 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 .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'.[1]

In India, the roots of S. hians are used as a stimulant; in Nepal they are reportedly used as a remedy for dysentery.[2]


Read about Salvia hians in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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.


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References

  1. Clebsch, Betsy; Carol D. Barner (2003). The New Book of Salvias. Timber Press. pp. 143-144. ISBN 9780881925609. http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA143. 
  2. Kletter, Christa; Monika Kriechbaum (2001). Tibetan Medicinal Plants. CRC Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780849300318. http://books.google.com/books?id=ODrIXj-48RsC&pg=PA127. 

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