Salvia macrostachya is a rare herb native to Ecuador and southern Colombia, with no specific information about its native habitat. A woody, clump-forming plant, it grows up to 4 metres (13.1 ft) high on thick stems, with broadly ovate leaves that are approximately 8 to 12 cm (3.1 to 4.7 in) long and wide. The inflorescence is of very dense terminal raceme

Raceme

A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...

s that are 10 to 30 cm (3.9 to 11.8 in) long. The blue corolla is approximately 2.5 cm (0.984251968503937 in) in long.