Salvia smithii is an aromatic 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 Sichuan

Sichuan

' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

 province in China, found growing on riverbanks, valleys, and hillsides at 2600 to 3500 m (8,530.2 to 11,482.9 ft) elevation. S. smithii grows to 30 to 90 cm (11.8 to 35.4 in) tall, with leaves that are broadly cordate-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 ovate-hastate, ranging in size from 4 to 22 cm (1.6 to 8.7 in) long and 3 to 18 cm (1.2 to 7.1 in) wide.

Inflorescences are 2-flowered verticillasters in loose many branched raceme-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. The plant has a yellow corolla that is 4 to 4.5 cm (1.6 to 1.8 in).