Salvia brachyloma is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in China, growing on grassy slopes and forested grasslands at 3,200 to 3,800 m elevation. The plant grows on one to a few stems from 20 to 57 cm tall. The leaves are hastate to narrowly ovate, ranging in size from 3.5 to 11 cm long and 2 to 5 cm wide.