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  9. Kennedy's Buckwheat

species 850 observations

Kennedy's Buckwheat

Eriogonum kennedyi

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

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156 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Mormon Metalmark, Behr's Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak, Square-spotted Blue 22
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Chamise Evening Bee 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Anambodera gemina, Chrysobothris cyanella 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Hemipenthes inops, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle 15
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Hunt's Bumble Bee, Afranius Duskywing, Acmon Blue, Great Golden Digger Wasp 116

Children

  • Kennedy's Buckwheat
  • Kern Buckwheat
  • Southern Mountain Buckwheat

Range

United States

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

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