Upright herb or subshrub to about 0.5 m tall, spreading by rhizomes. Leaves ovate to oblong, shallowly lobed or cut. Flower clusters open, of 8-flowered whorls. Flowers to about 2 cm long, white, pink, red or purple; summer to autumn.

Eurasia

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.