Salvia graciliramulosa is a shrub that is endemic to the Rio Chico valley of Bolivia, growing in red sandstone outcrops at 1600 to 1900 m (5,249.3 to 6,233.6 ft) elevation, often growing in colonies on bare slopes.

S. graciliramulosa has many branches, reaching 30 to 80 cm (0.984251968503937 to 2.6 ft) high, with shortly petiolate leaves that are 1 to 2.7 cm (0.393700787401575 to 1.1 in) by 0.3 to 0.8 cm (0.118110236220472 to 0.31496062992126 in). The inflorescence of simple terminal spikes grows up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, with two-flowered verticillasters and a red to reddish-purple corolla that is 1.8 to 2.5 cm (0.708661417322835 to 0.984251968503937 in) long, held in a deep violet calyx.