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Yellow Pimpernel

Taenidia integerrima

In the Carolinas and Georgia, found in dry forests and woodlands; moderately dry forests; forests and woodlands. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition What its natural habitat tells you

27
Good

Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 88%

Height
2–3 feet
Spread
1.5–2.5 feet
Light
Full sun to part shade
Soil moisture
Dry to average

Space about 2 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 25 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
April to June
Fruiting season
May to July

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 24 Arkansas counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food. 108 animals.

All wildlife of Arkansas

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Taenidia

  • Papilio joanaeOzark Swallowtail, Ozark Woodland Swallowtail
  • Papilio polyxenesBlack Swallowtail, Celery Caterpillar, Fennel Worm, Desert Black Swallowtail, Parsnip Swallowtail
  • Agonopterix clemensella
  • Epermenia pimpinella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Beetles 7
  • Babia 4-guttata
  • Bruchus bivulneratus
  • Bruchus hibisci
  • Centrinites strigicollis
  • Hister subrotundus
  • Limnobaris prolixa
  • Mordellistena aspersa

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 21
  • Anthrax sinuosa
  • Baccha fuscipennis
  • Chilosia petulca
  • Chlorops assimilis
  • Cistogaster occidua
  • Elachiptera flavida
  • Hippelates plebejus
  • Leucostoma nigricornis
  • Lucilia sericata
  • Lucilia sylvarum
Show all 21
  • Nemotelus glaber
  • Orthoneura nitida
  • Peleteria robusta
  • Rivellia pallida
  • Sapromyza vulgaris
  • Sepsis violacea
  • Sphaerophoria cylindrica
  • Syrphus americanus
  • Syrphus ribesii
  • Trichophora ruficauda
  • Zodion fulvifrons

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 1
  • Angitia obscura

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 11
  • Ancistrocerus tigris
  • Anoplius illinoensis
  • Chalybion caeruleum
  • Chrysis intricata
  • Eumenes fraternus
  • Leionotus clypeatus
  • Leionotus illinoensis
  • Leionotus scrophulariae
  • Sphex vulgaris
  • Symmorphus debilis
Show all 11
  • Tiphia clypeata

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 1
  • Corimelaena lateralis

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Apiaceae
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Flower color
Yellow
Fruit begins
May
Fruit ends
July

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Arkansas rankSNR
Global rankG5
AR statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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