Stachys byzantina is a species of Stachys, native to Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. It is cultivated over much of the temperate world as an ornamental plant, and is naturalised in some locations as an escapee from gardens. Plants are very often found under the synonym Stachys lanata or Stachys olympica.
Salvia brachyloma is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in China, growing on grassy slopes and forested grasslands at 3,200 to 3,800 m elevation. The plant grows on one to a few stems from 20 to 57 cm tall. The leaves are hastate to narrowly ovate, ranging in size from 3.5 to 11 cm long and 2 to 5 cm wide.
Salvia lankongensis is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, growing in grasslands and thickets at 3,800 m (12,500 ft) elevation. S. lankongensis grows on erect stems to 23 to 28 cm tall. The leaves are elliptic-ovate, typically ranging in size from 2.5 to 6 cm long and 1.5 to 4.5 cm wide. Inflorescences are 6-flowered verticillasters, in terminal racemes or raceme-panicles with a blue corolla that is 1.7 to 1.9 cm.
Salvia mairei is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China. The plant grows on one to a few stems from 20 to 40 cm tall. The leaves are cordate-ovate to subhastate-ovate, typically ranging in size from 3.5 to 5 cm long and 1.8 to 5 cm wide, though they are sometimes larger. Inflorescences are 4-flowered verticillasters on terminal racemes or panicles that are 8 to 11 cm long. The corolla is violet or purple, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long.
Salvia campanulata is a perennial plant that is native to Xizang and Yunnan provinces in China, along with locations in Bhutan, India (Sikkim), Myanmar, and Nepal. It is typically found growing at 800 to 3,800 m elevation in and around forests, on hillsides, and in valleys. There are four named varieties.
Salvia atropurpurea is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, growing on grassy slopes at 3,400 m (11,200 ft) elevation. S. atropurpurea grows on one erect stem to 50 cm (20 in) tall. The leaves are ovate to broadly ovate, ranging in size from 3.5 to 10.5 cm long and approximately 2.5 to 9 cm wide.
Salvia atrorubra is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, found growing in forests at 2,700 m (8,900 ft) elevation. S. atrorubra grows on erect stems to 55 cm (22 in) tall, with ovate leaves that are typically 6 to 10.5 cm long and 4 to 8 cm wide, sometimes slightly smaller.
Salvia bifidocalyx is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, found growing on rocky mountains at 3,500 m (11,500 ft) elevation. S. bifidocalyx has a few slender ascending stems that reach 33 cm (13 in) tall, with hastate leaves that are 2 to 5 cm long and 1.7 to 3 cm wide.
Salvia subpalmatinervis is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, found growing in thickets, forests, and hilly grasslands at 3,400 to 4,000 m elevation. S. subpalmatinervis grows on one to three erect stems to 50 cm (20 in) tall, with mostly basal leaves that are ovate to circular.
Salvia mekongensis is a perennial plant native to Yunnan province in China, found growing on hilly grasslands at 2,800 to 4,100 m elevation. S. mekongensis grows on one to five ascending to erect stems, with mostly basal leaves that are usually ovate to oblong-ovate, 3 to 9 cm long and 2 to 8 cm wide.
Salvia tricuspis is an annual or biennial plant that is native to Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces in China, found growing in foothills, riverbanks, streamsides, and grasslands at 1,400 to 3,000 m elevation. S. tricuspis grows on erect stems 30 to 95 cm tall, with lobed triangular-hastate, or sagittate leaves that are 3 to 12 cm long and 2.2 to 12 cm wide.
Salvia umbratica is an annual or biennial plant that is native to Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces in China, found growing on hillsides and valleys at 600 to 2,000 m elevation. S. umbratica grows on erect stems to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall, with triangular to ovate-triangular leaves that are 3 to 16 cm long and 2.3 to 16 cm wide.
Salvia prionitis is an annual herb that is native to Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces in China, found growing on hillsides and grassy places at 100 to 800 m elevation. S. prionitis grows on erect stems 20 to 43 cm tall, with mostly basal leaves. Inflorescences are widely spaced 6-14 flowered verticillasters in racemes or panicles, with a violet corolla.
Salvia nanchuanensis is an annual or biennial herb that is native to Hubei and Sichuan provinces in China, growing on riverbanks, rocky slopes, and open areas at 1,700 to 1,800 m elevation. S. nanchuanensis grows on erect stems to 35 cm (14 in) tall. Inflorescences are widely spaced 2-6 flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes, with a reddish corolla that is approximately 1.1 cm (0.43 in).
Salvia chienii is a perennial plant that is native to Anhui and Jiangxi provinces in China, growing on hillsides and streamsides at around 700 m (2,300 ft) elevation. S. chienii grows on erect stems to 20 to 45 cm tall, with simple and compound leaves. Inflorescences are widely spaced 3-7 flowered verticillasters in terminal or axillary racemes and panicles, with a purple corolla that is 1 to 1.3 cm.
Salvia japonica, known as East Asian sage, is an annual plant that is native to several provinces in China and Taiwan, growing at 200 to 1,200 m elevation. S. japonica grows on erect stems to 40 to 60 cm tall. Inflorescences are 2-6 flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes or panicles, with a corolla that varies in color from reddish, purplish, bluish, to white, and is approximately 1.2 cm (0.47 in).
Salvia adoxoides is a perennial plant that is native to Guangxi province in China, found growing in hillside fields at 200 m (660 ft) elevation. S. adoxoides grows on red stems to a height of 11 cm (4.3 in), with mostly basal leaves. Inflorescences are 2-flowered widely spaced verticillasters in racemes, with a 9 mm (0.35 in) white corolla.
Salvia hayatae is an annual herb that is native to the foothills of Taiwan. The stems of S. hayatae reach 20 to 45 cm tall, with mostly basal leaves. Inflorescences are 2-5 flowered verticillasters, widely spaced at the bottom and crowded at the top, in terminal racemes or panicles.
Salvia adiantifolia is a perennial plant that is native to China, found growing in forests and in foothills. S. adiantifolia grows on one to a few ascending or erect stems to a height of 30 to 60 cm, with mostly basal leaves. Inflorescences are 4-10 flowered verticillasters, mostly in panicles, with a sky blue to white-purple corolla that is 7 to 8 mm.
Salvia fragarioides is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, growing on rocky riverbanks at 800 m (2,600 ft) elevation. S. fragarioides grows on ascending or suberect stems to a height of 20 to 30 cm, with basal or subbasal leaves. Inflorescences are 2 to many-flowered widely spaced verticillasters. It is a close ally of Salvia japonica.
