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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Mint Family
  7. Sages
  8. Dorr's Sage Complex
  9. Dorr's Sage

species 5,571 observations

Dorr's Sage

Salvia dorrii

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

Field notes

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136 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Calleta Silkmoth, Caramel Looper 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 Large-tailed Aphideater, Western Aphideater, White-bowed Smoothwing, Orange-crowned Warbler 8
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Great Basin Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Hunt's Bumble Bee, Golden Northern Bumble Bee 123

Children

  • Purple Sage
  • Fleshy Sage
  • Clokey Mountain Sage

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
Moisture
Dry
Water use
Medium
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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