salvation Jane

== English == === Etymology === From salvation + Jane (“female given name”); a reference to its use as animal fodder in times of drought. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Salvation Jane (uncountable) (Australia, chiefly South Australia) The plant Echium plantagineum. 2009, Basia Bonkowski, Shimmer, Large print edition, page 176, Salvation Jane coats the hills like a lavender shroud. Its distant beauty is at once mysterious and deceptive—the purple tubular flowers sublime and delicate, the stems holding them prickly and unrelenting. ==== Synonyms ==== (Echium plantagineum): Patterson's curse, Riverina bluebell