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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Fleabanes and Horseweeds
  8. Quercifolium
  9. Geiser's Fleabane

species 15 observations

Geiser's Fleabane

Erigeron geiseri

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

Field notes

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120 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Common Eupithecia Moth, Wavy-lined Emerald, Pearl Crescent, White-lined Sphinx 8
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 2
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Acmaeodera tubulus 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Keeled Treehopper, Pissonotus brunneus, Wild Turkey, Citrus Flatid Planthopper 6
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Eastern Calligrapher, Common Eastern Bumble Bee 103

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
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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