Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lamiaceae | Salvia
21. Salvia mairei H. Léveillé; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 532. 1913.
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Salvia calthaefolia H. Léveillé; S. leclerei H. Léveillé.
Plants perennial. Stems 1 to few; 20-40 cm; erect to ascending; densely brown villous. Stem leaves 1 or 2 pairs; petiole 6.5 cm to obsolete; leaf blade cordate-ovate to subhastate-ovate; 3.5-5(-8) x ca. 1.8-5(-8) cm; finely corrugate; adaxially densely villous; abaxially densely pubescent; sparsely brown glandular; base cordate to subhastate; margin irregularly crenate; apex acute to obtuse. Inflorescences densely brownish villous; glandular pilose; verticillasters 4-flowered; in terminal racemes or panicles 8-11 cm; lower bracts leaflike; gradually reduced upward; broadly ovate; shorter than calyx. Pedicel 3-4 mm. Calyx campanulate; ca. 1.2 cm; villous mainly on veins; sparsely glandular pilose; 2-lipped to ca. 1/3 its length; upper lip ± semicircular; ca. 5 x 7 mm; strongly 2-toothed; teeth triangular-ovate; 3-4 mm; apex acute. Corolla violet or purple; 1.5-1.8 cm; tube adaxially gradually dilated; slightly longer than calyx; pilose; pilose annulate inside; upper lip obcordate; ca. 5 mm; densely white bearded; middle lobe of lower lip cordate-orbicular; margin shallowly undulate; lateral lobes broadly ovate; ciliate. Filaments ca. 6 mm; connectives ca. 2 mm; slightly curved. Style exserted. Nutlets unknown. Fl. Jul-Aug.
* Hillsides. Yunnan.