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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Fleabanes and Horseweeds
  8. Olygotrichium
  9. Zion Fleabane

species 49 observations

Zion Fleabane

Erigeron sionis

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

Field notes

Supports All

60 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, White-lined Sphinx 2
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Dark-faced Longhorn Bee 3
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Common Ringlet 54

Children

  • Professor's 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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