Salvia aerea is a perennial plant that is native to Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces in China, typically growing on hillsides, grasslands, forests, and thickets at 2500to elevation. It grows 6to tall, with mostly basal leaves that are typically 2.5to long and 2.5to wide, though they can reach up to 20cm (10inches) by 8cm (03inches).
The inflorescences are racemes up to 15cm (06inches) long, with a 2.6to corolla that comes in a wide variety of colors: orange, purple, white, and dark blue. The plant is used medicinally.[1]