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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Plantain Family
  7. Beardtongues
  8. Saccanthera
  9. Venus Penstemon
  10. Supports

What Venus Penstemon supports

47 native animals
supported in the US
4 caterpillars 2 food 41 flowers

Caterpillars All

4 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Anicia Checkerspot Euphydryas anicia on beardtongues
  • Edith's Checkerspot Euphydryas editha on beardtongues
  • California Tiger Moth Leptarctia californiae on beardtongues
  • Kallia murtfeldtella on beardtongues

Plant eaters All

2 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo on beardtongues
  • Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus on beardtongues

Flower visitors All

41 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Pseudomasaris vespoides
  • Great Basin Bumble Bee Bombus centralis
  • White-shouldered Bumble Bee Bombus appositus
  • Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus
  • Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons
  • Nevada Bumble Bee Bombus nevadensis
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