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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Telegraph Plants
  8. Heterotheca villosa
  9. Ballard's Hairy False Goldenaster

species 27 observations

Ballard's Hairy False Goldenaster

Heterotheca ballardii

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

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11 native animals
supported in the US
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee, White-winged Fairy Bee, Swenk's Fairy Bee 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it American Sand Wasp 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Tule Bluet, Sinuous Bee Fly, Variegated Fritillary 5

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
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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