Eww! When I googled the key words, this came up:

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It was the only one that made any sense, search-wise. You don't want to waste your time visiting the site.

To directly answer your question, I highly doubt it.

Salvia aurea is now the more correct name, similarly to the return of Salvia africana-caerulea is returned to Salvia africana, according to the St. Louis Code of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

See page 23, section 6, example 15.

Here is a link that might be useful: ICBN (St. Louis)

I wish I had a digicam - my S. aurea (still think of it as africana-lutea) grew in 6 months from a so-so 1 gallon to a beautiful, full shrub that has bloomed continuously the last few months. I think it was from San Marcos growers.

I thought salvia aurea is hardy but mine did not come back this spring after the extreme cold we had in northern California. Did anyone else's salvia aurea survive the freezing winter?

Salvia aurea isn't considered hardy in Britain, though it does occasionally come through a mild winter. I've known it to come back from the roots after being cut to the ground by frost, and yours may yet do this.

Mine have survived. I have bought it both as S. aurea and as S. africana-lutea, not realizing they were the same. Great marketing gimmick! ;-)

Same thing happened to me. I bought both salvia africana-lutea and salvia 24 karat gold. Neither one of them is showing any signs of life. Hopefully, one of them will come back.