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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
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  8. Camphorweeds
  9. Rayless False Goldenaster

species 568 observations

Rayless False Goldenaster

Heterotheca oregona

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

Field notes

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28 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gabb's Checkerspot 1
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee, Small Long-horned Bee, Nevada Nomia 10
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Seal Doto, Homely Aeolid, American Sand Wasp, Hilton's Aeolid 7
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee, Woodland Skipper, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Mylitta Crescent 10

Children

  • Heterotheca oregona scaberrima
  • Heterotheca oregona compacta

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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