Salvia subpalmatinervis E. Peter

Plants perennial. Taproot blackish, to 1.5 cm in diam. Stems 1-3, erect, to 50 cm, glandular villous. Leaves mostly basal, stem leaves ca. 2-paired; petiole nearly as long as to longer than blade; leaf blade ovate to circular, 3.5-10(-13.5) × to 10(-13.5) cm, adaxially densely appressed villous, abaxially glandular, spreading pilose on veins, base cordate or ± hastate, margin crenate, apex obtuse to rounded or subacute. Inflorescences densely glandular villous; verticillasters 2-6-flowered, in terminal racemes 10-15 cm; lower bracts leaflike, upper bracts ovate, to ca. 2 cm. Pedicel 4-5 mm. Calyx campanulate, 1.5-2 cm, narrower at mouth, spreading villous, glandular pilose mainly along veins, glandular ciliate at mouth; upper lip ca. 3 mm, margin entire, apex mucronate or 3-serrulate; lower lip ca. 5 mm, teeth triangular. Corolla purplish or blue-purple, ca. 3.5 cm, pilose, base imperfectly pilose annulate inside; tube zigzag, cylindric toward base, adaxially abruptly dilated above middle, curved downward at an angle; upper lip shallowly falcate/galeate. Filaments ca. 6 mm; connectives ca. 6 mm, arms subequal, lower anther cells smaller, apex united. Nutlets unknown. Fl. May-Jul.

Yunnan.

* Thickets, forests, hilly grasslands; 3400-4000 m.

Salvia subpalmatinervis is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, found growing in thickets, forests, and hilly grasslands at 3,400 to 4,000 m (11,200 to 13,100 ft) elevation. S. subpalmatinervis grows on one to three erect stems to 50 cm (20 in) tall, with mostly basal leaves that are ovate to circular.

Inflorescences are 2–6-flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes that are 10 to 15 cm (3.9 to 5.9 in). The corolla is purplish or blue-purple and 3.5 cm (1.4 in).