Salvia cynica is a perennial plant that is native to Sichuan province in China, growing in forests and streamsides at 1500to elevation. The leaves are broadly ovate to broadly hastate-ovate or subcircular, ranging in size from 5to long and 3to wide.
Inflorescences are 2–6-flowered widely spaced verticillasters in raceme-panicles up to 20cm (10inches) long. The yellow corolla is 4cm (02inches), blooming July–August.[1]