| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Salvia atropatana Bunge |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 21: 47 (1873) |
| Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | leaves rugose, adaxially green, sparsely arachnose, abaxially grey hirsute, petiolate, ovate, irregularly lobate, whorls 4-6-flowered, remote, racemose |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Salvia bachtiarica Bunge Salvia hypochionea Buhse ex Boiss. Salvia kopetdaghensis Kudr. Salvia kourossia Parsa Salvia linczevskii Kudr. Salvia linguifolia Hedge & Hub.-Mor. Salvia lurorum Rech.f. Salvia montbretii var. virescens Freyn |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |