species 1,358 observations
Yellow Sundrops
Oenothera tetragona
Field notes
Supports All
67
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
White-lined Sphinx, Bedstraw Hawkmoth, Primrose Moth, Double-banded Carpet Moth
15
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Evening Primrose Sweat Bee, Epimelissodes comptus
2
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
1
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Beeblossom Aphid, Mourning Dove, Wild Turkey, American Goldfinch
7
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Eastern Carpenter Bee, Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee, Common Little Leaf-cutter Bee, Doubled Ceratina
42
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun Part shade
- Moisture
- Dry Well drained Moist
- Resists
- Dry soil
- Habit
- Erect
- Plant type
- Herbaceous perennial Wildflower
From NC State Extension.