Salvia sivasensis

Dwarf suffruticose perennial forming mats of up to approximately 150 cm in diameter with a woody rootstock. Stems procumbent, 3–10 cm, densely covered with short white pectinate hairs. Leaves pinnatisect, white with dense very short pectinate hairs and sessile glands, 10–27 mm; terminal segments serratulate, ±narrowly oblongelliptic to oblanceolate, 3–10 × 1–3 mm, with 3–5 pairs of lateral ±oblong segments; petiole 6–10 mm, often long-ciliate. Inflorescences racemose, condensed at the top, scarcely exceeding leaf level; 1–2 verticillasters per raceme, each 2- to 6-flowered. Bracts oblanceolate-elliptic, short-pectinate, and pilose, with a few long hairs and with or without sessile glands, acuminate, 12–21 × 4–9 mm; bracteoles present. Pedicels 2–3 mm. Calyx campanulate, often purplish, with clearly acuminate lobes, 7–12 mm , scarcely expanding in fruit; calyx tube 5–9 mm, lobes 3–4 mm; indumentum variable, with eglandular pectinate and pilose hairs, dense or sparse capitate glandular hairs, sessile glands, and long white villous hairs. Corolla mainly light yellowish to cream with cream or yellowish spots on the lower lip , 20–32 mm in length; tube straight, 15–25 mm, annulate. Stamens 2, type A.

Endemic.