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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Salvia lyrata''
| image = Salvia lyrata USDA.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. lyrata'''''
| binomial = ''Salvia lyrata''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Salvia lyrata''''' ('''Lyre-leafed Sage'''), is a species of [[Salvia|sage]] native to the eastern [[United States]], from [[Connecticut]] west to [[Kansas]], and south to [[Florida]] and [[Texas]].
It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] with low growing leaves and flowering stems growing to 50 cm tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are arranged in a basal rosette of large leaves, and smaller leaves in opposite pairs on the erect flowering stem. The basal leaves are up to 15 cm long and 5 cm broad, with several lobes, some approximating to the shape of a [[lyre]], from which the species is named. The [[flower]]s are pale blue, up to 25 mm long. The species is often a lawn weed that self seeds into lawns and is tolerant of being mowed.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is sometimes grown in [[garden]]s for its attractive foliage and flowers. Several [[cultivar]]s have been developed with purple leaves.
Two readily available seed raised cultivars include:
*'Purple Prince' - Grows about 35 cm tall with reddish purple colored veins and dark purple spikes with small lilac colored flowers in dark purple [[calyx (botany)|calyces]].
*'Purple Volcano' - Grows about 35 cm tall with dark purple leaves that have a shiny sheen to them. The flowers are light blue in color.
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32945 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Salvia lyrata'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SALY2 USDA PLants Profile: ''Salvia lyrata'']
*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Salvia_lyrata_page.html Missouriplants: ''Salvia lyrata'']
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Salvia lyrata''
| image = Salvia lyrata USDA.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. lyrata'''''
| binomial = ''Salvia lyrata''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Salvia lyrata''''' ('''Lyre-leafed Sage'''), is a species of [[Salvia|sage]] native to the eastern [[United States]], from [[Connecticut]] west to [[Kansas]], and south to [[Florida]] and [[Texas]].
It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] with low growing leaves and flowering stems growing to 50 cm tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are arranged in a basal rosette of large leaves, and smaller leaves in opposite pairs on the erect flowering stem. The basal leaves are up to 15 cm long and 5 cm broad, with several lobes, some approximating to the shape of a [[lyre]], from which the species is named. The [[flower]]s are pale blue, up to 25 mm long. The species is often a lawn weed that self seeds into lawns and is tolerant of being mowed.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is sometimes grown in [[garden]]s for its attractive foliage and flowers. Several [[cultivar]]s have been developed with purple leaves.
Two readily available seed raised cultivars include:
*'Purple Prince' - Grows about 35 cm tall with reddish purple colored veins and dark purple spikes with small lilac colored flowers in dark purple [[calyx (botany)|calyces]].
*'Purple Volcano' - Grows about 35 cm tall with dark purple leaves that have a shiny sheen to them. The flowers are light blue in color.
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32945 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Salvia lyrata'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SALY2 USDA PLants Profile: ''Salvia lyrata'']
*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Salvia_lyrata_page.html Missouriplants: ''Salvia lyrata'']
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
