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

species 955 observations

Navajo Fleabane

Erigeron concinnus

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

Field notes

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147 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Northern Checkerspot, Sierra Nevada Checkerspot, Pearl Crescent 10
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee, Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 12
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Beautiful Fleabane Root-borer, Neolasioptera erigerontis, Asteromyia modesta, Rhopalomyia erigerontis 4
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Large Fleabane Daisy Aphid, Wild Turkey, North American Tarnished Plant Bug 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Tiny Small Carpenter, Two Moons Beewolf 118

Children

  • Erigeron concinnus condensatus
  • Navajo Fleabane
  • Lake Powell Fleabane

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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