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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Lupines
  8. Unifoliolate Floridian Lupine Clade
  9. Ocala Lupine

species 1,370 observations

Ocala Lupine

Lupinus ocalensis

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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28 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gray Hairstreak, Genista Broom Moth, Henry's Elfin, Painted Lady 11
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Blueberry Digger Bee 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Margined Calligrapher 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Dotted Skipper, Metallic Trailing Ant, Perplexing Rotund-Resin Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee 15

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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