Description from
Flora of China
Salvia delavayi H. Léveillé; S. tsaiana E. Peter.
Leaves mostly basal, rarely ternate; petiole longer than blade, glabrous or patent pilose; blade 3.5-10.5 × 1.8-5.3 cm, glabrous or pilose, margin crenate, apex acute to obtuse, lateral leaflets small. Inflorescence finely appressed pilose, not glandular hairy. Corolla purple or purple-red.
* Hillsides, streamsides in forests; 500-2700 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.