''Salvia aurita'' (African valley sage) is a herbaceous perennial shrub native to

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

(the Cape Provinces,

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

and the Northern Provinces) and

Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

. It is found growing on streambanks. It grows to tall, with numerous blue, white, and lilac flowers growing in whorls on short racemes.

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aurita Flora of the Cape Provinces Flora of KwaZulu-Natal Flora of Swaziland Flora of the Northern Provinces {{Salvia-stub