Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time August – Frost

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 6

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate, microreticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

Pollen Load Identification 

No pollen loads are typically seen on the honey bee foraging on Salvia spp., but there is typically a pollen dusting seen on the bee’s anterior thorax and abdomen.

Sources

Hodges, D. (1952). The pollen loads of the honey bee: a guide to their identification by colour and form. London: Bee Research Assoc. Ltd.