Salvia smithii (the Sichuan orange sage) is an aromatic perennial plant that is native to Sichuan province in China, found growing on riverbanks, valleys, and hillsides at 2600to elevation. S. smithii grows to 30to tall, with leaves that are broadly cordate-ovate to ovate-hastate, ranging in size from 4to long and 3to wide.
Inflorescences are 2-flowered verticillasters in loose many branched raceme-panicles. The plant has a yellow corolla that is 4to.[1]