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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. Gentianoides
  9. Mistaken Penstemon
  10. Supports

What Mistaken Penstemon supports

50 native animals
supported in the US
4 caterpillars 2 food 44 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Anicia Checkerspot Euphydryas anicia on beardtongues
  • Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona on beardtongues
  • Edith's Checkerspot Euphydryas editha on beardtongues
  • California Tiger Moth Leptarctia californiae on beardtongues

Plant eaters All

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

  • Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo on beardtongues
  • Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus on beardtongues

Flower visitors All

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

  • Tripartite Sweat Bee Halictus tripartitus
  • Angeles Striped Sweat Bee Agapostemon angelicus
  • Mesilla Masked Bee Hylaeus mesillae
  • Tiny Small Carpenter Ceratina nanula
  • Nevada Sweat Bee Lasioglossum nevadense
  • Orange-tipped Wood-digger Anthophora terminalis on beardtongues
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus on beardtongues
  • Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons on beardtongues
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