Salvia meiliensis S. W. Su

Plants perennial. Stems erect, 30-50 cm, densely retrorse white villous, glandular hairy. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petiole 4-13 cm, terminal petiolule (1-)2-4 cm, lateral petiolules 0.1-1(-2) cm, glandular pilose; terminal leaflet broadly ovate, (2.5-)6-11 × (2-)5-7 cm, white strigose, abaxially sometimes purple-green, base cordate to subcordate, margin irregularly crenulate, pilose, apex acute; lateral leaflets 1-2 (-4.5) × 0.8-1.5(-3) cm. Verticillasters 8- to many flowered, widely spaced, in racemes or panicles, glandular hairy. Pedicel 2-4 mm, pubescent. Calyx tubular, 6.5-7 mm, glandular pilose; upper lip obtusely triangular, ca. 1 × 3-3.5 mm; lower lip ca. 1.5 mm, teeth triangular. Corolla yellowish, 1.5-1.6 cm, apex pubescent outside; tube tubular, somewhat exserted, 6-7(-8) mm, ca. 1.5 mm wide at base, ca. 3.5 mm wide at throat, pilose annulate at middle; upper lip oblong lanceolate, 5-6(-7) × ca. 2 mm; lower lip spreading, 8-9 × 4 mm; middle lobe ca. 7.5 × 4-6 mm, base attenuate, gradually wider toward apex, strongly 2-lobulate, Y-shaped. Filaments ca. 2 mm; anthers ca. 2.5 mm, connectives ca. 1.6 cm, wider, upper arms ca. 1.1 cm, lower arms abortive. Nutlets dark brown, oblong, ca. 2 mm. Fl. May-Jun.

Anhui (Yuexi Xian).

* Roadsides; 1000-1300 m.

Salvia meiliensis is a perennial plant that is native to Anhui province in China, found growing on roadsides at 1,000 to 1,300 m (3,300 to 4,300 ft) elevation. S. meiliensis grows on erect stems 30 to 50 cm (12 to 20 in) tall. Inflorescences are widely spaced 8 to many-flowered verticillasters in racemes or panicles, with a yellowish corolla that is 1.5 to 1.6 cm (0.59 to 0.63 in).