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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Mint Family
  7. Sages
  8. Salvia Sect. Albolanatae
  9. Mexican Bush Sage

species 21,013 observations

Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha

Status
presumed introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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65 native animals
supported in the US
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Allen's Hummingbird, Bushtit, Mexican Honey Wasp, Lucifer Hummingbird 10
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Anna's Hummingbird, Horse-fly Carpenter Bee, Monarch, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 55

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Well drained Moist
Soil
Sand Loam Clay Organic
Soil pH
Neutral Alkaline
Drought tolerant
Yes
Deer resistant
Yes
Resists
Heat Rabbits
Habit
Arching Dense Spreading
Plant type
Annual Herbaceous perennial Perennial Shrub

From NC State Extension.

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