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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Mint Family
  7. Sages
  8. Salvia Sect. Uliginosae
  9. Desert Indigo Sage

species 259 observations

Desert Indigo Sage

Salvia arizonica

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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95 native animals
supported in the US
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Large-tailed Aphideater, Western Aphideater, White-bowed Smoothwing, Orchard Oriole 8
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Four-spotted Skipperling, Horse-fly Carpenter Bee, Anna's Hummingbird, American Bumble Bee 87

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Part shade
Moisture
Dry
Deer resistant
No
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.

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