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White Doll's-daisy

Boltonia asteroides

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

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Height
3–5 feet
Spread
2–3 feet
Light
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Usually moist

Space about 2.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 16 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
Mid summer
Fruiting season
Summer to fall

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 6 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
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
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
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Beetles 2
  • Diabrotica 12-punctata
  • Diabrotica longicornis

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 35
  • Anthrax fulvohirta
  • Archytas analis
  • Baccha clavata
  • Calythea albicincta
  • Cistogaster occidua
  • Ennyomma globosa
  • Epigrimyia floridensis
  • Eristalis latifrons
  • Graphomyia americana
  • Gymnosoma fuliginosa
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  • Limnophora narona
  • Lucilia sericata
  • Paradidyma singularis
  • Peleteria robusta
  • Phorantha humeralis
  • Phorantha magna
  • Phorantha purpurascens
  • Robertsonomyia palpalis
  • Sarcophaga hunteri
  • Sarcophaga sinuata
  • Scepsis fulvicollis
  • Senotainia trilineata
  • Sepsis violacea
  • Siphoplagia anomala
  • Spallanzania hesperidarum
  • Sphaerophoria cylindrica
  • Spilomyia 4-fasciata
  • Spilomyia longicornis
  • Stomoxys calcitrans
  • Syrphus americanus
  • Systoechus vulgaris
  • Systropus macer
  • Trypeta humilis
  • Zodion fulvifrons
  • Zodion nanellum

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 11
  • Ancyloxypha numitor
  • Anosia plexippus
  • Heliothis armiger
  • Heodes hypophlaeas
  • Hesperia montivaga
  • Hylephila phylaeus
  • Limochores taumas
  • Phyciodes tharos
  • Pontia protodice
  • Vanessa cardui
Show all 11
  • Vanessa huntera

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 7
  • Astatus unicolor
  • Bembix spinolae
  • Cerceris fulvipes
  • Leionotus clypeatus
  • Polistes variatus
  • Priononyx thomae
  • Sphex nigricans

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 1
  • Lygus pratensis

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–10b
Soil pH
Neutral
Flower color
Yellow, pink, purple or white
Growth rate
Rapid
Growth habit
Single crown
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Summer
Fruit ends
Fall

What its natural habitat tells you

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

Growing sources and scope
  • Bloom · “Mid summer” · USDA PLANTS (ranked first; Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differs) · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Flower color · “Yellow, pink, purple or white” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; USDA PLANTS, Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differ)
  • Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Fruit begins · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Fruit ends · “Fall” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Growth habit · “Single crown” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Growth rate · “Rapid” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
  • Hardiness · “Zones 3a–10b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
  • Height · “3–5 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; USDA PLANTS, Minnesota Wildflowers, Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differ)
  • Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
  • Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Virginia DCR Coastal Plain, Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differ)
  • Soil · “Moist” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Virginia DCR Coastal Plain, Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differ)
  • Soil pH · “Neutral” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
  • Spread · “2–3 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Also known as

White Doll's daisy; White Dolls Daisy

Conservation status

Florida rankSNR
Global rankG5
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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