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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Brittlebushes
  8. Onehead Brittlebush

species 19 observations

Onehead Brittlebush

Encelia scaposa

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

Field notes

Supports All

7 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Fatal Metalmark 1
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee, Dark-faced Longhorn Bee, Sabine Longhorn Bee 3
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it House Finch 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Monarch, California Digger-cuckoo Bee 2

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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