What Pale Purple Coneflower supports
152
native animals
supported in the US
1
caterpillars
5
bees
1
hosts
144
flowers
1
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
1 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
Specialist bees All
5 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
on coneflowers
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Protandrena albitarsis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Rudbeckia and 3 more
on coneflowers
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Andrena helianthiformis
Pollen specialist on Echinacea
on coneflowers
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Big-cheeked Angled-Mason
Ashmeadiella bucconis
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Helianthus and 23 more
on coneflowers
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Melissodes wheeleri
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and 9 more
on coneflowers
Hosted animals All
1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Flower visitors All
144 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
Bombus auricomus
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
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Great Spangled Fritillary
Argynnis cybele
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Arogos Skipper
Atrytone arogos
Sheltered animals All
1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.