Salvia plebeia

Salvia plebeia is an annual or biennial herb that is native to a wide region of Asia. It grows on hillsides, streamsides, and wet fields from sea level to 2800 m. S. plebeia grows on erect stems to a height of 15 to 90 cm tall, with elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate leaves. Inflorescences are 6-flowered verticillasters in racemes or panicles, with a distinctly small corolla (4.5 mm) that comes in a wide variety of colors: reddish, purplish, purple, blue-purple, to blue, and rarely white.