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Mississippi
Lyreleaf Sage in flower
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Lyreleaf Sage

Salvia lyrata

It grows wild in 62 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.

Light
Full shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to wet soil
Size
1.5 ft to 2 ft tall, 10 in wide
Flowers
Blue, purple and white
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
A clump of fibrous roots
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Lyreleaf Sage, drawn in a bed

in flowerfruit or seedfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Caterpillars
11 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
38 kinds of native bees
On its flowers
Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus), Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus)

Grows well with

Narrowleaf Sundrops1.4 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallCalico Aster3 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallBird's-foot Violet6 in tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Salvia lyrata.