Smallhead Doll's-daisy
Boltonia diffusa
23
Good
Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 71%
- Height
- Up to about 6 feet
- Soil moisture
- Dry to wet
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 46 Arkansas counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
10BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Boltonia
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
4Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Boltonia
- Andrena chromotricha
- Melissodes boltoniae
- Melissodes dentiventris
- Perdita ignota
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Flower color
- White or yellow
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White or yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “Up to about 6 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Also known as
Smallhead Doll's daisy; Smallhead Dolls Daisy
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G4G5 |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
In your garden
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Sources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- USDA PLANTS
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications