Perennial · Ipomopsis aggregata
Scarlet gilia for backyard birds
Red trumpets for Broad-tailed and Rufous hummingbirds.
- Scientific name
- Ipomopsis aggregata
- Plant type
- Perennial
- What birds get from it
- nectar
- Native in
- 13 US states, 1 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 13
Birds most often fed by Scarlet gilia
Counted across every state and province where Scarlet gilia is native and the bird is present:
- Bullock's Oriole — 14 regions
- Black-chinned Hummingbird — 12 regions
- Anna's Hummingbird — 7 regions
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird — 7 regions
- Costa's Hummingbird — 5 regions
- Verdin — 5 regions
- Rufous Hummingbird — 5 regions
- Gila Woodpecker — 4 regions
- White-winged Dove — 4 regions
- Hooded Oriole — 4 regions
- Baltimore Oriole — 3 regions
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird — 2 regions