What Silphium reniforme supports

29 native animals
supported in the US

5 bees 3 food 21 flowers

Specialist bees All

5 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee Paranthidium jugatorium Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more on rosinweeds
Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on rosinweeds
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on rosinweeds
Yellow-faced Miner Bee Andrena aliciae Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 more on rosinweeds
Rugose Spurred-Miner Protandrena rugosa Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens, Silphium and 2 more on rosinweeds

Plant eaters All

3 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

Flower visitors All

21 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.