''Salvia atropurpurea'' is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, growing on grassy slopes at elevation. ''S. atropurpurea'' grows on one erect stem to tall. The leaves are

ovate Ovate may refer to: *Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts *Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe *Ovates, one of three ranks of membership in the Welsh Gorsedd *Vates In modern English, the nouns vates () and ovat ...

to broadly ovate, ranging in size from long and approximately wide. Inflorescences are 2–6 flowered verticillasters in terminal

raceme A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

s or

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s , with a dark purple corolla that is .

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atropurpurea Flora of China {{Salvia-stub