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  8. California Crescent
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What supports California Crescent

18 native plants
support it in the US
15 caterpillar hosts 3 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

15 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Cobwebby Thistle Cirsium occidentale on plume thistles
  • Elk Thistle Cirsium scariosum on plume thistles
  • New Mexico Thistle Cirsium neomexicanum on plume thistles
  • Arizona Thistle Cirsium arizonicum on plume thistles
  • Edible Thistle Cirsium edule on plume thistles
  • Anderson's Thistle Cirsium andersonii on plume thistles
  • Short-styled Thistle Cirsium brevistylum on plume thistles
  • Wheeler's Thistle Cirsium wheeleri on plume thistles
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Nectar plants All

3 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Sticky Cinquefoil Drymocallis glandulosa
  • One-seeded Pussypaws Calyptridium monospermum
  • Mount Hood Pussypaws Calyptridium umbellatum

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