Salvia plectranthoides

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|taxon = Salvia plectranthoides

|authority = Griff.

|synonyms = {{species list |Salvia japonica var. gracillima|Diels

|Salvia japonica var. kaiscianensis|Pamp.

|Salvia japonica var. parvifoliola|Hemsl.

|Salvia tuberifera|H.Lév.}}

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Salvia plectranthoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456966-1 |title= Salvia plectranthoides Griff. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=May 11, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6XH2Z |title= Salvia plectranthoides Griff. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=May 11, 2024}} It is an annual or biennial plant that is native to Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces in China, along with Bhutan and Sikkim in India. It is typically found growing on hillsides, along valley streams, and forests at {{convert|800|to|2500|m|ft|abbr=on}} elevation. S. plectranthoides grows on one to a few erect or ascending stems {{convert|20|to|43|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall. Inflorescences are widely spaced verticillasters in elongated racemes or panicles, with a corolla that is red to purplish or purple-blue, rarely white, and {{convert|1.1|to|2|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{cite journal |year=1994 |title=Lamiaceae |journal=Flora of China |publisher=Harvard University |volume=17 |pages=167–168 |url=http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume17/Lamiaceae.published.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929162754/http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume17/Lamiaceae.published.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-29}}