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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Fleabanes and Horseweeds
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  9. Dwarf Conyza

species 762 observations

Dwarf Conyza

Erigeron divaricatus

Status
native
Bees
6 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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222 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Common Eupithecia Moth, Wavy-lined Emerald, Common Looper Moth, Parectopa plantaginisella 13
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee, Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee, Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 6
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Acmaeodera tubulus, Beautiful Fleabane Root-borer, Neolasioptera erigerontis, Asteromyia modesta 4
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Keeled Treehopper, Pissonotus brunneus, Large Fleabane Daisy Aphid, Wild Turkey 11
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Ripiphorus fasciatus, Spurred Ceratina 188

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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