Shrub to about 2 m tall with a white-hairy, dense branching system. Leaves to about 2 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, ovate, entire, mostly white-hairy below. Flower clusters open, with flowers in pairs. Flowers about 2.5 cm long, bluish violet; summer.

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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.