What Pearly Everlasting supports

216 native animals
supported in the US

10 caterpillars 1 bees 1 hosts 18 food 186 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

Specialist bees All

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

Small Long-horned Bee Melissodes microstictus Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Symphyotrichum and 14 more on everlastings

Hosted animals All

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

Trupanea californica

Plant eaters All

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

Flower visitors All

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