species 23,450 observations
Cowpen Daisy
Verbesina encelioides
Field notes
Verbesina encelioides is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Common names include golden crownbeard, cowpen daisy, goldweed, wild sunflower, butter daisy, crown-beard, American dogweed, and the Spanish Añil del Muerto ("indigo of the dead").
It is a summer annual with blooms resembling small sunflowers and distinctive flattened seeds. It is native to North America, growing in disturbed habitats.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Bordered Patch, Gilded Seedcropper, American Sunflower Moth, Alluring Schinia Moth
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee, Drury's Long-horned Bee, Parallel Leafcutter Bee, Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Acmaeodera scalaris, Neolasioptera verbesinae
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Hidalgo Mason Wasp, Copestylum apiciferum, Purple Bromeliad Fly, Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Monarch, Perdita albovittata, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Huron Skipper
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry
- Water use
- Low
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Plant type
- Annual Wildflower
From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.