''Salvia hayatae'' is an annual herb that is native to the foothills of Taiwan. The stems of ''S. hayatae'' reach tall, with mostly basal leaves. Inflorescences are 2–5 flowered verticillasters, widely spaced at the bottom and crowded at the top, 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 ...

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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. There are two named varieties: ''S. hayatae'' var. ''hayatae'' has leaves that are 2-pinnately compound, while ''S. hayatae'' var. ''pinnata'' has leaves that are 1-pinnately compound.

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