genus

Twinbugs

Dicoria

Field notes

Dicoria (twinbugs) is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Species

Dicoria argentea Strother - northwestern Mexico (Sonora)

Dicoria calliptera Rose & Standl. - northwestern Mexico (Sonora)

Dicoria canescens A.Gray - northwestern Mexico (Baja California, Sonora), United States (California Nevada Arizona Utah New Mexico Colorado)

Children

Desert Twinbugs native

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer: Herbaceous plants
Plant type: Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native twinbugs All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

Desert Twinbugs Dicoria canescens caterpillars 1 flowers 1