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West Virginia
Lyreleaf Sage in flower
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Lyreleaf Sage

Salvia lyrata

It grows wild in 19 of West Virginia’s 55 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
9 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 tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallCalico Aster3 ft tallNarrowleaf Sundrops1.4 ft tallWhite Wood-aster2 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Salvia lyrata.