Herbaceous perennial to 1 m tall. Leaves in a basal rosette, more or less ovate to oblong, to 13 cm long, 4 cm wide, wrinkled, margin toothed or cut, base cordate, stem leaves smaller, stalked. Flowers in up to about 10 verticillasters, each of 4-6 flowers. Corolla to 3 cm long, pink but mostly violet-blue or bluish white; summer. [S. haematodes L.]
Europe
Plants formerly known as P. haematodes are sometimes placed in a group of similar cultivars called the Haematodes Group; there are only a few in Australia.
Source: (2002). Salvia. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Flowers pink.
