''Salvia harleyana'' is a subshrub that is endemic to the Serra do Cipó area in

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

state in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It grows in

savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...

and gallery forest at approximately elevation. ''S. harleyana'' grows on erect stems, reaching tall, with petiolate leaves that are long. The terminal inflorescence is long, with a red corolla that is . The specific epithet honors botanist Raymond Harley, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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