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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nightshades, Bindweeds, Gooseweeds, and Allies
  6. Morning-glory Family
  7. Bindweeds
  8. Small-flowered Morning-glory

species 384 observations

Small-flowered Morning-glory

Convolvulus simulans

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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20 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gem Moth, Morning-glory Leafminer Moth, Virginian Tiger Moth, Pink-spotted Hawkmoth 4
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Bindweed Turret Bee 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Neolasioptera convolvuli 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Ornate Checkered Beetle 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Ligated Furrow Bee, Golden Northern Bumble Bee, Large-tailed Aphideater 12

Range

United States

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

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