Salvia substolonifera E. Peter

Plants annual. Stems ascending or trailing at base, 10-40 cm, pubescent or puberulent. Basal leaves mostly simple, stem leaves 3-lobed or ternate; petiole 0.6-6 cm, petiolules 1-4 mm; leaf or leaflet blades ovate, 1-3 × 0.8-2 cm, subglabrous or minutely hirsute on veins, margin crenate; terminal leaflet largest. Inflorescences densely hirtellous, glandular pilose; verticillasters 2-8-flowered, lower widely spaced, upper crowded, in axillary or terminal racemes or panicles 7-15 cm; bracts oblong ovate, 3-5 mm. Pedicel ca. 2 mm. Calyx campanulate, 3-4 mm in flower, to 7 mm in fruit, puberulent, glandular, subglabrous inside; upper lip trapeziform, somewhat longer than abaxial, teeth ovate-triangular. Corolla reddish or purplish, 5-7 mm, sparsely puberulent; tube with or without hairy annulus inside, slightly exserted, 3-4 mm, ca. 1 mm wide at base, dilated to ca. 2 mm wide at throat; upper lip suboblong or obovate, straight. Filaments ca. 1 mm; connectives less than 1 mm, arcuate; arms equal. Nutlets brownish, ovoid, 1.5 × 0.7 mm, apex rounded, adaxially ribbed. Fl. Mar-May.

Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Zhejiang

* Streamsides, rocky crevices, forests; 0-900 m.

Salvia substolonifera is an annual plant that is native to Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, and Zhejiang provinces in China, growing on streamsides, crevices, and forests at sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft) elevation.

Salvia substolonifera grows on ascending or trailing stems to a height of 10 to 40 cm (3.9 to 15.7 in). Inflorescences are 2-8 flowered verticillasters in axillary or terminal racemes or panicles, with a 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 in) reddish or purplish corolla.