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!

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

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

Peligro

0/5 · Sin peligro conocido

Snaps

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 30-90 cm
Extensión: 30-90 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 2-3 cm
Temporada de floración: Late winter to late spring
Comestible: Sí
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Aves

Conexiones ecológicas

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)

Rasgos

Herbácea

Las plantas herbáceas son plantas no leñosas con tallos blandos que típicamente mueren hasta el suelo al final de la temporada de crecimiento.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.