Hummingbird Sage

salvia spathacea

Hummingbird Sage is a colorful plant that attracts lots of hummingbirds with its bright purple flowers. It's a great plant for kids to learn about how plants help animals and nature!

Lebensraum: Hummingbird Sage thrives in sunny areas like meadows and gardens.

Aussehen

The Hummingbird Sage has vibrant magenta-pink, tubular flowers that emerge from colorful bracts on upright stalks. Its large, crinkly, bright green leaves are aromatic and grow in a basal clump, often spreading to form a groundcover.

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Hummingbird Sage

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Wow! Indigenous people used the plant's leaves for calming teas and to clean their hair, like shampoo!

Wow! Its bright flowers are shaped like perfect tiny straws, just right for a hummingbird's long beak!

Wow! The leaves smell like pineapple or fruit loops when you rub them, keeping nibbling animals away!

Wow! This plant grows super fast after a wildfire, quickly re-covering burned ground with fresh green leaves!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Hummingbird Sage can produce abundant nectar in its bright flowers that guide hummingbirds to a sweet treat.

Hummingbird Sage has thick, fuzzy leaves that help it conserve precious water in dry environments.

Hummingbird Sage can spread using underground stems, creating a dense colony to prevent erosion.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 30-90 cm
Ausbreitung: 30-90 cm
Blütengröße: 2-3 cm
Blütezeit: Late winter to late spring
Essbar: Ja
Giftigkeit: Keine
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Vögel

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

sips nectar from flowers

pollinates

Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sasin

feeds on its sweet nectar

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

collects pollen and nectar

eaten by

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

browses leaves (less preferred)

Merkmale

Krautig

Krautige Pflanzen sind nicht verholzende Pflanzen mit weichen Stängeln, die am Ende der Vegetationsperiode normalerweise bis zum Boden absterben.

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.