Salvia chunganensis C. Y. Wu & Y. C. Huang

Related in the original description to Salvia scapiformis.

Herbs annual. Stems erect, 32-44 cm, purple, glabrous, subterete toward base. Stem leaves 3-5-foliolate; petiole 2-9(-10) cm, adaxially spreading villous, abaxially glabrous, petiolule 2-15 mm; leaflets ovate, 1.2-4 × 0.7-3 cm, lateral leaflets ± oblique, adaxially minutely hispid or subglabrous, abaxially subglabrous or pilose along veins, glandular, margin serrate. Verticillasters 2-6-flowered, 1-2.5 cm apart, in racemes or panicles to 19 cm; bracts lanceolate, lower much longer than flowers, gradually shorter upward to almost as long as pedicels, abaxially conspicuously glandular. Pedicel 2-3 mm, glandular pilose. Calyx campanulate, 5-6 mm, glandular pilose, with 2 rows of hairs on middle of upper lip inside, tube ca. 4.5 mm; upper lip triangular, ca. 1.5 × 2.5 mm; lower lip slightly longer than upper, ca. 1.8 × 2.5 mm, shallowly 2-toothed; teeth triangular, apex spinescent; fruiting calyx slightly dilated. Corolla purplish blue or reddish white, 9-10 mm, glandular pilose; tube imperfectly pilose annulate inside, tubular, ca. 1 mm wide, gradually dilated to 2 mm wide at throat; upper lip nearly straight, oblong, ca. 3 × 2.2 mm; lower lip slightly longer than upper lip, lobes circular, subequal. Stamens exserted; filaments ca. 1.5 mm; connectives ca. 4 mm, upper arms ca. 3 mm. Nutlets brown, ellipsoid, ca. 1.8 mm, adaxially ribbed. Fl. and fr. Aug.

* Tufts of grass. Fujian (Chong'an Xian)

Salvia chunganensis is an annual herb that is native to Fujian province in China, typically growing in tufts of grass. S. chunganensis grows on erect stems to a height of 32 to 44 cm (13 to 17 in). Inflorescences are 2–6 flowered verticillasters in racemes or panicles, with a 9 to 10 mm (0.35 to 0.39 in) purplish blue or reddish white corolla.