Salvia yunnanensis is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces in China, found growing on grassy hillsides, forest margins, and dry forests at 1800to elevation. S. yunnanensis has tuberous roots and grows on erect stems to 30cm (10inches) tall, with simple oblong-elliptic leaves that are 2to long and 1.5to wide.
Inflorescences are widely spaced 4-6-flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes or panicles, with a 2.5to blue-purple corolla.[1]