Salvia schizocalyx (the Burmese cleft sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, growing at elevation. The plant grows on one to a few unbranched upright stems with widely spaced leaves, reaching approximately tall. The leaves are broadly ovate to narrowly triangular-ovate, and rarely oblong-ovate, typically ranging in size from long and wide, though they can grow larger.
Inflorescences are 2âÂÂ4-flowered verticillasters on terminal racemes, with a blue or violet corolla that is long.