Salvia maximowicziana is a perennial plant that is found growing on grasslands, forests, and forest edges in China, at 1800to elevation. It grows 10to tall, with circular-cordate to ovate-cordate leaves that are typically 3to long and 6to wide. The upper leaf surface is nearly smooth, or lightly covered with hairs, while the underside has glandular hairs on the veins.
The inflorescence is of loose racemes or panicles, with a 2.2cm (00.9inches) corolla. Salvia maximowicziana var. maximowicziana has a yellow corolla, while Salvia maximowicziana var. floribunda has a purple corolla.[1]