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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Pincushion Plants
  8. Dustymaiden
  9. Hoary Pincushion

species 6,900 observations

Hoary Pincushion

Chaenactis douglasii

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

Field notes

Supports All

71 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Darker-spotted Straw Moth, Schinia graefiana 2
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Colorado Mason, Osmia montana, Desert-dandelion Nomadopsis, Desert Dandelion Fairy Bee 10
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Great Basin Bumble Bee, Urbane Digger Bee, Hunt's Bumble Bee 59

Children

  • Douglas' Dustymaiden
  • Alpine Dusty-maidens

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Part shade
Water use
Low
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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