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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Groundsels
  8. Black-tip Groundsel

species 1,362 observations

Black-tip Groundsel

Senecio lugens

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

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49 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Satyr Pug Moth, Salt Marsh Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth 3
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Colorado Mason, Osmia montana 3
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Redpoll, Mallard, Common Raven, Brown Bear 7
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Melissodes pallidisignatus, Megachile nevadensis, Police Car Moth, Arctic Fritillary 36

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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