Erect shrub mostly 20-40 cm tall. Leaves to 1 cm long, ovate to linear, hairy, the margin entire or toothed. Flower clusters in whorls of 2-4 flowers. Flowers to about 1 cm long, purple; 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.