Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia lyrata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Lyreleaf Sage at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The tubular flowers have a long lower lip that serves as a landing pad for pollinators such as eastern carpenter and leafcutter bees. When they land, the bees often brush their body against the split stigma projecting out of the flower. This deposits pollen from a different Lyreleaf Sage onto the sticky tips of the stigma. Continue reading at Southern Piedmont Natural History.
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
COMMON NAME:
Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer-weed
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
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