| Other Names | Cancer Weed | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Salvia lyrata | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Mint ( Lamiaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 petals, 2 lipped
Upright to 2 feet. Stem solitary. Flower: to 1 1/8 in long, 5 pale blue to violet petals, united for much of length. 2-lipped. Upper lip short, not lobed, Lower lip larger, 3- lobed. Flowers in whorls around stem, forming interrupted terminal spikelike raceme. Leaves: To 8 in long, mostly in basal rosette. Blade of basal leaves entire to deeply cut, or lobed, with terminal lobe largest. Stem leaves opposite, or 1-2 paires, small stalkless. Winter leaves hairy, often purple tinged. | |||||||||||||
April - June
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