Salvia wardii

Salvia wardii (Tibetan sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Tibet, found growing in alpine grasslands and thickets at 3600 to 4500 m elevation. It grows 50 to 75 cm high, on strong stems that are glandular and hairy, forming into a thick spreading plant. It has many basal leaves that are ovate to subhastate, 7 to 16 cm long and 3.5 to 8 cm wide. The upper leaf is slightly ridged with short hairs, the underside has red glandular hairs, especially dense on the veins.

The 3.5 to 4 cm corolla is blue with white on the lower lip, held in a purple tinged calyx, growing on terminal panicles or racemes.