Lamiaceae FAMILY

Salvia lyrata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salvia lyrata is a herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens and occasonally on a garden level for medicinal use[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern and central N. America - New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, then Kansas to S. Carolina, south to Texas and Florida

HabitatSandy soils and lawns[ 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. ].