Salvia graciliramulosa

Salvia graciliramulosa is a shrub that is endemic to the Rio Chico valley of Bolivia, growing in red sandstone outcrops at 1600 to 1900 m elevation, often growing in colonies on bare slopes.

S. graciliramulosa has many branches, reaching 30 to 80 cm high, with shortly petiolate leaves that are 1 to 2.7 cm by .3 to .8 cm. The inflorescence of simple terminal spikes grows up to 10 cm long, with two-flowered verticillasters and a red to reddish-purple corolla that is 1.8 to 2.5 cm long, held in a deep violet calyx.