What Smooth Fleabane supports

226 native animals
supported in the US

14 caterpillars 11 bees 3 hosts 8 food 190 flowers

Caterpillars All

14 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

Specialist bees All

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

Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee Paranthidium jugatorium Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee Megachile fidelis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Osmia montana Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more on fleabanes and horseweeds
Dark-faced Longhorn Bee Melissodes tristis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 17 more on fleabanes and horseweeds

Hosted animals All

3 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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