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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Mint Family
  7. Sages
  8. Salvia Sect. Audibertia
  9. Sonoma Sage

species 2,087 observations

Sonoma Sage

Salvia sonomensis

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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113 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Caramel Looper, Anoncia conia 2
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Sage Angled-Mason 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it White Sage Leaf Gall Midge, Rhopalomyia salviae 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Diamond Spottail, Large-tailed Aphideater, Western Aphideater, White-bowed Smoothwing 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Prunus Miner Bee, Monarch, Painted Lady, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 99

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Ground covers
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry
Plant type
Ground cover Perennial Wildflower

From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.

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