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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Sneezeweeds
  8. Sneezeweed
  9. Thurber's Sneezeweed

species 243 observations

Thurber's Sneezeweed

Helenium thurberi

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

Field notes

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20 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Broad-banded Longhorn Bee, Ulke's Pebble Bee 4
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it American Sand Wasp 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Short Sun-digger Bee, Parosela Long-horned Bee, Lovely-horned Fairy Bee 14

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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