''Salvia japonica'', known as East Asian sage, is an annual plant that is native to several provinces in China and Taiwan, growing at elevation. ''S. japonica'' grows on erect stems to tall. 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 corolla that varies in color from reddish, purplish, bluish, to white, and is approximately . There are two named varieties, with slight variations in leaf and flower shape: ''S. japonica'' var. ''japonica'' and ''S. japonica'' var. ''multifoliolata''

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* japonica Flora of China {{Salvia-stub