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South Carolina
Lyreleaf Sage in flower
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Lyreleaf Sage

Salvia lyrata

It grows wild in 45 of South Carolina’s 46 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

Heartleaf Aster2.5 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallNarrowleaf Sundrops1.4 ft tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallBlack Huckleberry2 ft tallPennsylvania Sedge5 in tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Salvia lyrata.