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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Fleabanes and Horseweeds
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  9. Bloomer's Fleabane

species 745 observations

Bloomer's Fleabane

Erigeron bloomeri

Status
native
Bees
11 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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108 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Parectopa plantaginisella, Northern Checkerspot, Sierra Nevada Checkerspot 7
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Small Long-horned Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 11
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Rhopalomyia erigerontis 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Schinia suetus, Ligated Furrow Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Tiny Small Carpenter 88

Children

  • Scabland Fleabane
  • Waldo Daisy

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
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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