Salvia campanulata Wall. ex Benth.

Four varieties have sometimes been recognized as follows:

Plants perennial. Stems erect, 43-80 cm, finely strigose or villous. Petiole (1-)3-25 cm; leaf blade cordate to ovate-truncate, 4-18 × 3.5-13.5 cm, abaxially pilose to pubescent or densely pilose along veins, base cordate to truncate, margin incised-crenate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences densely villous, glandular pilose; verticillasters 2-6-flowered, widely spaced, in terminal raceme-panicles; bracts ovate, 4-9 mm. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 1.3 cm, shallowly 2-cleft to strongly 2-lipped, villous, glandular pilose, sparsely black-brown glandular, margin ciliolate; upper lip broadly ovate, ca. 3 × 10 mm, apex acute; lower lip as long as upper, ca. 9 mm wide, apex with 2 triangular acute teeth. Corolla yellow, ca. 2.7 cm, subglabrous except upper lip villous; tube pilose annulate inside, gradually curved, dilated beyond hairy annulus, to 8 mm at throat; upper lip ovate, ca. 7 × 5 mm, slightly arcuate; lower lip 1-1.2 × 1.2 cm, obliquely spreading; middle lobe obcordate, ca. 4 × 8 mm, slightly constricted at base; lateral lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 3 mm wide. Stamens slightly exserted or nearly included; filaments ca. 6.5 mm; connectives ca. 1 cm, upper arms ca. 6 mm, lower arms ca. 4 mm. Style slightly exserted. Nutlets brown, narrowly obovoid. Fl. Jul-Sep.

Himalaya (Garhwal to Bhutan), India, Tibet, S. W. China(Yunnan).

Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal]

2400-3800 m

Forest margins, forests, hillsides, valleys; 800-3800 m.

Salvia campanulata is a perennial plant that is native to Xizang and Yunnan provinces in China, along with locations in Bhutan, India (Sikkim), Myanmar, and Nepal. It is typically found growing at 800 to 3,800 m (2,600 to 12,500 ft) elevation in and around forests, on hillsides, and in valleys. There are four named varieties.

The plant grows on erect stems, reaching 43 to 80 cm (17 to 31 in) tall, with leaves that are cordate to ovate-truncate and growing 4 to 18 cm (1.6 to 7.1 in) long and 3.5 to 13.5 cm (1.4 to 5.3 in) wide. Inflorescences are widely spaced verticillasters in terminal raceme-panicles that are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long, with a yellow corolla that is approximately 2.7 cm (1.1 in).

The named varieties are due to differences in leaf hairs and texture, and differences in the bract and calyx:

Salvia campanulata var. campanulata Salvia campanulata var. codonantha Salvia campanulata var. fissa Salvia campanulata var. hirtella