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Artemisia californica, also known as California sagebrush, is a species of western North American shrub in the sunflower family. In the western United States, California sagebrush is grown in native plant gardens and as a drought-resistant landscaping choice.
All of these early spring blooming plants are pollinated by solitary bees, and to a lesser extent, flies and honey bees. E. bulbosa has a small daily accumulation of nectar per flower (7–38 μg sugar/flower), but the presence of numerous, closely arranged, simultaneously blooming flowers in the umbel may increase the overall nectar incentive ...
Flowering shrubs do it all: attract pollinators, create privacy, and offer brilliant splashes of color. These flowering shrubs bloom from April to September. The 15 Most Beautiful Shrubs to Plant ...
California also has 1,023 species of non-native plants, some now problematic invasive species, such as yellow star-thistle, that were introduced during the Spanish colonization, the California Gold Rush, and subsequent immigrations and import trading of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Chorizanthe howellii, a flowering plant in the buckwheat family found only near Fort Bragg; Cuscuta pacifica var. papillata, a parasitic plant found only in the salt marshes of Mendocino county; Eriogonum kelloggii, a species of buckwheat found only on Red Mountain near Leggett; Harmonia guggolziorum, a flowering aster found in two locations ...
Flowering takes place in early summer and, in cool summer areas, continues sporadically throughout the summer and into fall. The cultivar 'coccineus' is especially long-blooming. The blooms have a strong and somewhat rank scent. They are pollinated by both bees and butterflies and the plant is noted for
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Pollination is one ecological service butterflies provide; about 90% of flowering plants and 35% of crops rely on animal pollination. [10] [11] Butterfly gardens and monarch waystations, [12] even in developed urban areas, provide habitat [13] that increases the diversity of butterflies and other pollinators, including bees, flies, and beetles ...