Salvia atropurpurea is a perennial plant

Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...

 that is native to Yunnan

Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...

 province in China, growing on grassy slopes at 3400 m (11,154.9 ft) elevation. S. atropurpurea grows on one erect stem to 50 cm (19.7 in) tall. The leaves are ovate

Leaf shape

In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms :* Acicular : Slender and pointed, needle-like* Acuminate : Tapering to a long point...

 to broadly ovate, ranging in size from 3.5 to 10.5 cm (1.4 to 4.1 in) long and approximately 2.5 to 9 cm (0.984251968503937 to 3.5 in) wide.

Inflorescences are 2-6 flowered verticillasters in terminal raceme

Raceme

A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...

s or panicle

Panicle

A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....

s 6 to 15 cm (2.4 to 5.9 in), with a dark purple corolla that is 2.5 to 3 cm (0.984251968503937 to 1.2 in).