Salvia smithii

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| taxon = Salvia smithii

| authority = E. Peter

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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 {{convert|2600|to|3500|m|ft|abbr=on}} elevation. S. smithii grows to {{convert|30|to|90|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall, with leaves that are broadly cordate-ovate to ovate-hastate, ranging in size from {{convert|4|to|22|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|3|to|18|cm|in|abbr=on}} wide.

Inflorescences are 2-flowered verticillasters in loose many branched raceme-panicles. The plant has a yellow corolla that is {{convert|4|to|4.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{cite journal|year=1994|title=Lamiaceae|journal=Flora of China|publisher=Harvard University|volume=17|page=160|url=http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume17/Lamiaceae.published.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714110202/http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume17/Lamiaceae.published.pdf|archive-date=2010-07-14}}