Salvia nipponica is a perennial plant that is native to Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. Stems grow from 20 to 50 cm (7.9 to 19.7 in), with triangular-ovate to triangular-hastate leaves that are typically 2 to 7 cm (0.78740157480315 to 2.8 in) by 1.3 to 6 cm (0.511811023622047 to 2.4 in). The 2.2 to 2.4 cm (0.866141732283465 to 0.94488188976378 in) flowers have many hairs, with a yellow corolla that has a red spot.