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Trailing Fuzzy-bean

Strophostyles helvola

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

45 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Spotted Apatelodes Moth 1
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Stripe-backed Resin-Leafcutter 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Potato Leafhopper 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee, Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp, Paradidyma singularis, Eastern Carpenter Bee 42

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Light
Full sun
Plant type
Annual Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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