Salvia orbignaei is an undershrub that is endemic to Bolivia, growing on rocky slopes with other low shrubs at elevation. It frequently appears following landslides or road building.
S. orbignaei grows high, with subsessile leaves that are by . The inflorescence of lax terminal racemes grows long, with mostly 2âÂÂ4-flowered verticillasters and a pinkish-purple corolla that is long.