Salvia cynica is a perennial plant that is native to Sichuan province in China, growing in forests and streamsides at elevation. The leaves are broadly ovate to broadly hastate-ovate or subcircular, ranging in size from long and wide.
Inflorescences are 2âÂÂ6-flowered widely spaced verticillasters in raceme-panicles up to long. The yellow corolla is , blooming JulyâÂÂAugust.