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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Fleabanes and Horseweeds
  8. Disparipili
  9. Hairy-seed Fleabane

species 938 observations

Hairy-seed Fleabane

Erigeron poliospermus

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

Field notes

Supports All

108 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Northern Checkerspot, White-lined Sphinx, Gray Hooded Owlet 5
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Small Long-horned Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 10
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Juniper Hairstreak, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Blue-and-black Mining Bee, Produced Small-Mason 92

Children

  • Hairy-seed Fleabane
  • Kittitas Fleabane

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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