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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Plantain Family
  7. Beardtongues
  8. Beard-tongue
  9. Firecracker Penstemon
  10. Supports

What Firecracker Penstemon supports

96 native animals
supported in the US
6 caterpillars 5 food 85 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Anicia Checkerspot Euphydryas anicia
  • Kallia murtfeldtella
  • Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona on beardtongues
  • Edith's Checkerspot Euphydryas editha on beardtongues
  • California Tiger Moth Leptarctia californiae on beardtongues
  • Penstemon Borer Penstemonia edwardsii on beardtongues

Plant eaters All

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

  • Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
  • Potato Aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae
  • White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis on beardtongues
  • Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo on beardtongues
  • Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus on beardtongues

Flower visitors All

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

  • Tiny Small Carpenter Ceratina nanula
  • Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
  • Oval-headed Sweat Bee Lasioglossum ovaliceps
  • Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
  • Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
  • Nevada Sweat Bee Lasioglossum nevadense
  • Pacific Coast Small Carpenter Ceratina pacifica
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii
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