Family
3
Polygonaceae
Description
3
Evergreen shrub with shreddy bark, linear to oblong leaves and white-pink flowers. Hybridizes with E. giganteum. It is found in the Channel Islands naturally but has been introduced to the mainland.
Community
3
Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral
Flowering
3
Apr- Oct
Garden Location
3
H, U
Associated species
3
native bees (pollen / nectar) XERCES
predatory or parasitoid insects XERCES
butterflies
- Mormon metalmark Apodemia mormo (host) ASB
- Bramble Hairstreak Butterfly Callophrys perplexa (host) BMNA
- Comstock's Hairstreak Callophrys sheridanii comstocki (host) BMNA
- Bernardino Dotted-Blue Euphilotes bernardino (host) BMNA
- Small Dotted-Blue Philotiella speciosa (host) BMNA
- Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon (host) ASB
- Lupine Blue Plebejus lupini (host) ASB"
Sources and Credits
- (c) Tony Rodd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_rodd/5311875064/
- (c) gillian360, all rights reserved, uploaded by gillian360
- (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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