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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia lyrata   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia lyrata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-001:

Salvia lyrata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Salvia lyrata

 

COMMON NAME:
Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer-weed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_saly2_001_lvd

        

image of Salvia lyrata, Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer-weed

JK Marlow    jkm150226_711

February    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm150226_711b

February    Pickens County    SC

Calyx 7-10mm long; mericarps 2-2.3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Gill Newberry    gn04_s_lyrata_habitat

April        

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Gill Newberry    gn04_salvia_lyrata_inflor

April        

Corolla about 1" long, usually 6 flowers per node, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm0504f_19

April    McCormick County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm200403_3432

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Keith Bradley    kab_salvia_lyrata_02744

April        GA

Terminal raceme 4-12" long; flower clusters widely separated, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Keith Bradley    kab_salvia_lyrata_09088

April    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

A tubular 2-lipped corolla, upper lip shorter than the broad lower lip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm42411_54

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Stigma unequally two-cleft, exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm42411_70

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Calyx's upper lip is 3-toothed, lower 2-toothed; teeth are spine-tipped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm0405n_33

May    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Basal leaves deeply lobed and long-stalked, forming a rosette, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

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JK Marlow    jkm150509_006b

May    Dawson County    GA

Dawson Forest WMA

Flowers growing in few-flowered whorls in an interrupted spike, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm230525_3464

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm230525_3465

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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Roxanna Martin    rlm52111_203

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Mericarps dark brown, finely warted, dull, obovoid to ellipsoid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Sharleen Johnson    shj_1293665811427559

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia lyrata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia lyrata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-001:
Salvia lyrata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia lyrata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1307

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: hammocks, lawns, roadsides, dry to mesic woodlands and forests, floodplains, calcareous barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Blue/Violet (rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-toothed calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla
2 fertile exserted stamens & possibly some sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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