Herbaceous perennial herb to over 0.5 m tall. Leaves variable, ovate to violin-shaped, to 12 cm long, velvety-hairy, tip pointed,margin with a few cuts, stalked. Flowers in whorls of about 10, in spikes 20-40 cm long. Corolla white or lilac, tube to about 1 cm long; summer.

W Asia, Europe

Source: Garnett, L.; Ellis, G.; Spencer, R.; Templeton, S. (2002). Salvia. In: Spencer, R.. 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.