Salvia obtusata Thunb.

Perennial herb, somewhat woody at the base, with ascending stems up to 0.5 m long or more; stems glabrous below, glabrous to sparingly pubescent above. Leaves petiolate; blade often drying dark brown, subentire or lyrate-pinnatifid with a large terminal segment and one or two pairs of basal lobes, broadly elliptic to ovate in outline, 25-50 x 15-30 mm, upper surface subglabrous, under-surface sparingly pubescent on the nerves and margins, margin coarsely crenate; petiole up to 30 mm long, glabrous or with a few long stiff hairs. Inflorescence of up to 10 verticils, spaced below, denser above; verticils 2-8-flowered. Calyx sparingly hispid, purple tinged, tubular-campanulate, up to 10 mm long in fruit; upper lip with 3 acuminate subequal teeth 1-1.5 mm long. Corolla 20-25 mm long; tube c. 18 mm long; upper lip straight, 3 mm long; lower lip c. 5 mm long.