Lyreleaf Sage

(Salvia lyrata)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	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}