Salvia honania L. H. Bailey

Herbs annual or biennial. Stems erect, 40-55 cm, densely glandular villous. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate; petiole 3-11 cm, sheathed at base; petiolules 1-4.3 cm, densely glandular villous; blades of simple leaves ovate, 5-7 × 4-5.5 cm, villous or pilose, ciliate, base cordate, margin coarsely serrate or crenate-serrate, apex acuminate to obtuse, terminal leaflet 5-10.5 × 4.5-8 cm. Inflorescences densely glandular villous; verticillasters 5-9-flowered, widely spaced, in terminal racemes or panicles; bracts lanceolate or spatulate, villous, glandular hairy. Pedicel 2-6 mm. Calyx tubular, 7-8 mm, glandular villous, throat white villous annulate; upper lip triangular, ca. 1.7 × 3.4 mm, margin entire or subentire, ciliate; lower lip larger than upper, teeth triangular. Corolla exserted, pubescent above middle; tube hairy annulate inside, 6-7 mm; upper lip oblong, ca. 4.7 mm; middle lobe of lower lip narrowed at base, apex enlarged, 2-lobulate, lobules fringed; lateral lobes ovate. Stamens exserted; filaments ca. 1 cm; connectives linear, ca. 1.4 cm, upper arms ca. 1 cm; lower anther cells undeveloped. Nutlets oblong-ellipsoid. Fl. May.

* Fields, wet open areas. Henan, Hubei.

Salvia honania is an annual or biennial plant that is native to fields and wet open areas in Henan and Hubei provinces in China. It grows on erect stems to 40 to 55 cm (16 to 22 in), with simple or 3-foliolate leaves. Inflorescences are widely spaced 5-9 flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes or panicles.