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|common_name=Fruit-scented sage, Peach sage
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'''''Salvia dorisiana''''', '''Fruit-scented sage''' or '''Peach sage''', is a perennial shrub native to Honduras. It grows 1-1.3 m tall, and is heavily branched. The leaves have a fruity scent when brushed, and large magenta-pink flowers that bloom in winter. ''Salvia dorisiana'' was first described in 1950, and has become popular as a greenhouse plant. The flowers reach up to 5 cm in length, with a lime-green calyx about the same length. The entire plant is covered in hairs whose glands release a pineapple-grapefruit scent.<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=112|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA112}}</ref>
'''''Salvia dorisiana''''', '''Fruit-scented sage''' or '''Peach sage''', is a perennial shrub native to Honduras. It grows 1-1.3 m tall, and is heavily branched. The leaves have a fruity scent when brushed, and large magenta-pink flowers that bloom in winter. ''Salvia dorisiana'' was first described in 1950, and has become popular as a greenhouse plant. The flowers reach up to 5 cm in length, with a lime-green calyx about the same length. The entire plant is covered in hairs whose glands release a pineapple-grapefruit scent.<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=112|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA112}}</ref>
''Salvia dorisiana'' was apparently named after [[Doris (mythology)|Doris]], daughter of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], and the wife of [[Nereus]]. She was mother to the fifty [[Nereids]].<ref name="Clebsch"/>
''Salvia dorisiana'' was apparently named after [[Doris (mythology)|Doris]], daughter of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], and the wife of [[Nereus]]. She was mother to the fifty [[Nereids]].<ref name="Clebsch"/>