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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. Rose Sage

species 1,607 observations

Rose Sage

Salvia pachyphylla

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

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109 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Caramel Looper 1
  • 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 Anna's Hummingbird, Large-tailed Aphideater, Western Aphideater, White-bowed Smoothwing 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, White-lined Sphinx, Black Swallowtail, Marine Blue 96

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

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