| + | Salvia lyrata, Linn. Hardy perennial with a thickened root: sts. herbaceous, erect, 8-24 in. high, subsimple, pilose: radical lvs. 2-3 in. long, lyrate, erose-dentate, both surfaces hispidulous; cauline lvs. few, oblong-lanceolate, the base long-narrowed; floral lvs. oblong-linear: racemes subsimple, interrupted; floral whorls 6-fld., lax, distant; calyx tubular-campanulate, nodding, pilose; corolla blue-purple, about 1 in. long. May and June. Conn. to Ill., south to Fla. and Texas.— Not frequent in cult. |