Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrataAlso called Lyre Leaf Sage
Lyreleaf Sage is a groundcover native to Central Texas that grows 1–2 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low to medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white, blue and violet in Mar–Jun. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies and hummingbirds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsBasal rosettes of dark lobed leaves, often purple-tinged, with spikes of pale blue flowers in spring.
Why it works here
Evergreen winter rosettes that color up purple in cold, and it seeds itself into shady ground.
Watch out
Reseeds freely — a virtue in a meadow, a nuisance in a bed. Flower stalks look untidy after bloom.
The facts
8 sources- Type
- Groundcover
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low to medium
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Jun · white, blue, violet
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, moist, rocky, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Aromatic foliage; left alone.
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies and hummingbirds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
251 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.