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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Black-eyed Susans and Coneflowers
  8. Rudbeckia Sect. Macrocline
  9. Wenatchee Mountain Coneflower

species 87 observations

Wenatchee Mountain Coneflower

Rudbeckia alpicola

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

Field notes

Rudbeckia alpicola, the showy coneflower, Washington coneflower, or Wenatchee mountain coneflower. It is a perennial flowering plant native to Washington state in the United States.

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66 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dusky Leafroller Moth, Wavy-lined Emerald, American Sunflower Moth 3
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Oblique Longhorn Bee, Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee, Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee 6
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it American Goldfinch, Goldenrod Crab Spider, Western Aphideater, Bicyrtes capnopterus 4
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 53

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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