NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


MINT FAMILY (LABIATAE)
Bird food Lyre-leaf sage: hummingbirds Tropical sage: hummingbirds Wild rosemary: hummingbirds Butterfly nectar food: many species

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Wild rosemary Conradina canescens	NC	purplish	SpSuF	p
Pennyroyal Piloblephis rigida	NCS	light purple	SpSuFW	p
Blue sage Salvia azurea	NC	blue, white	SpSuF	p
Tropical sage Salvia coccinea	NCS	red	SpSuF	p
Lyre-leaf sage Salvia lyrata	NCS	blue-purple	SpSuF	a
Southern sage Salvia riparia	NCS	blue, white	SpSuF	a

Codes:

N=north
C=central
S=south

Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter

a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine

i=invasive

ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans