Salvia harleyana is a subshrub that is endemic to the Serra do Cipó area in Minas Gerais state in Brazil. It grows in savanna and gallery forest at approximately 1000m (3,000feet) elevation.
S. harleyana grows on erect stems, reaching 1mto2mm (03feetto07feetm) tall, with petiolate leaves that are 1.5to long. The terminal inflorescence is 15to long, with a red corolla that is 7.5to. The specific epithet honors botanist Raymond Harley, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[1]