Lyre-leaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)

Lyreleaf sage, Wild Sage, Cancer-weed (Salvia lyrata), is a herbaceous perennial in the family Lamiaceae that is native to the United States, distributed from Connecticut west to Missouri, and in the south from Florida west to Texas.

It was described and named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

Typically found roadside and in open fields. Though it flowers almost whole year, profuse flowering is seen during April to June. Sometimes grown in gardens though it can quickly become weed. Native Americans used tea of whole plants for cough and cold. Common name Cancer-weed is due to misconception of the plant being used for cancer treatment.


















References:

• Salvia lyrata (Wikipedia)
• iNaturalist records 10605303, 10602632, 10602462

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, rarely seen as vagrant in southern Europe.

The great blue heron was one of the species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in Systema Naturae. The scientific name comes from Latin ardea, and Ancient Greek erodios, both meaning "heron".

The great blue heron is replaced in the Old World by the very similar grey heron (Ardea cinerea).
















References

• Great blue heron (Wikipedia)
• Record on iNaturalist