Salvia anatolica is a rare perennial herb that is endemic to a small area between Divriği and Kemaliye in Turkey, growing on stony slopes and oak scrub forest at 1500to elevation. It is similar to another Salvia that is endemic to Turkey, S. bracteata.
S. anatolica grows on a few erect stems to 25to with mostly basal leaves. Terminal leaves are ovate-elliptic to lanceolate and are 2to long and 0.9to wide. The inflorescence grows well above the leaves and is 15to long. The yellow corolla is 3.5to. The plant blooms in May and June and is a hemicryptophyte.[1]