What Flatwoods Sunflower supports

106 native animals
supported in the US

13 caterpillars 9 bees 1 hosts 21 food 62 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

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

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee Megachile xylocopoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on sunflowers
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more on sunflowers
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more on sunflowers
Curved Pebble Bee Dianthidium curvatum Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Grindelia and 1 more on sunflowers
Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more on sunflowers
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more on sunflowers
Melissodes dentiventris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more on sunflowers
Nevada Nomia Dieunomia nevadensis Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more on sunflowers

Hosted animals All

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

Calycomyza platyptera on sunflowers

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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