What Purple Sage supports
126
native animals
supported in the US
4
caterpillars
1
bees
2
hosts
10
food
109
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
Hosted animals All
2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
10 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Western Aphideater
Eupeodes fumipennis
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Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
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Forked Globetail Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
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American Five-spotted Lady Beetle
Hippodamia quinquesignata
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Acmaeodera hepburnii
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Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
on sages
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Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
on sages
Flower visitors All
109 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Habropoda depressa
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus
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Horse-fly Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa tabaniformis
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
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California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus
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Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii