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

species 1,958 observations

Thread-leaf Fleabane

Erigeron filifolius

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

Field notes

Supports All

108 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Parectopa plantaginisella, Northern Checkerspot, White-lined Sphinx 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 10
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey, North American Tarnished Plant Bug 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Lupine Blue, Margined Calligrapher, Tiny Small Carpenter 89

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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