species 21,678 observations
White Sage
Salvia apiana
Field notes
Salvia apiana, the Californian white sage, bee sage, or sacred sage is an evergreen perennial shrub that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja California, on the western edges of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
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130
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Caramel Looper, Anoncia conia
2
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Sage Angled-Mason
1
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
White Sage Leaf Gall Midge, Rhopalomyia salviae
2
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Lesser Goldfinch, Black Sage Aphid, Potato Aphid, California Towhee
13
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Crotch's Bumble Bee, Valley Carpenter Bee, California Bumble Bee
112
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.