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

species 138 observations

Limestone Daisy

Erigeron uncialis

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

Field notes

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83 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Wavy-lined Emerald, Northern Checkerspot, Sierra Nevada Checkerspot, White-lined Sphinx 5
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Colorado Mason, Osmia montana 4
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Neolasioptera erigerontis, Rhopalomyia erigerontis 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Large Fleabane Daisy Aphid 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Common Ringlet 71

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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