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Salvia funerea (Death Valley sage, woolly sage, funeral sage) is an intricately branched shrub associated with limestone soils in the Mojave Desert. It has an overall white appearance due to wooly hairs that cover the stems and leaves. The plant can be found in dry washes and canyons in Inyo County, California, on the western slopes of the Funeral Mountains, Black Mountains, and Granite Mountains, in Titus Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains, and in the northern Panamint Mountains.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

2 - 4 ft Tall

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Color

Purple

Hummingbirds
Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

1 confirmed and 68 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Anthophora vannigera

Sleepy Orange

Abaeis nicippe

Angelic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon angelicus

Orange-bellied Sweat Bee

Agapostemon melliventris