Salvia ekimiana is a perennial plant that is endemic to Central Anatolia in Turkey, growing in open pine forest and alpine steppe at elevation.
S. ekimiana grows on erect to ascending stems to , with mostly basal leaves that are generally oblong, or ovate to oblong or oblanceolate. The leaves are long and wide. The corolla is white with a lilac hood, , and with a greyish calyx with a violet stripe. The specific epithet honors professor Tuna Ekim, a Turkish botanist.