Lyreleaf Sage

(Salvia lyrata)

Lyreleaf sage

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves Flowers Fruit
Lyreleaf sage seedling Lyreleaf sage leaf Lyreleaf sage flower Lyreleaf sage fruit

Growing habit: Erect perennial or biennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous from taproot and rhizomes

Leaf anatomy: Mostly in basal rosette, opposite upward; pinnately rounded-lobed, glabrous, veins of lower leaves often shaded purple

Reproduction: Flowers pale blue to violet, whorls of 3-10 bracts, oblong-linear

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice