Salvia tricuspis is an annual or biennial plant that is native to Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces in China, found growing in foothills, riverbanks, streamsides, and grasslands at 1400to elevation. S. tricuspis grows on erect stems 30to tall, with lobed triangular-hastate, or sagittate leaves that are 3to long and 2.2to wide.
Inflorescences are 2-4 flowered widely spaced verticillasters. The corolla is yellow and 2.1to.[1]