Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. gossypina
Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. gossypina
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 33 Florida counties.
Who uses this plant?
17CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Heterotheca
- Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Cucullia alfarataCamphorweed Cucullia, Halloween Paint, Camphorweed Cucullia
- Epiblema scudderianaScudder's Epiblema, Goldenrod Gall Moth
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Heliocheilus paradoxusParadoxical Grass Moth
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Ponometia semiflavaHalf-Yellow Bird-Dropping Moth, Half-Yellow Moth
- Schinia arcigeraArcigera Flower Moth
- Schinia lynxLynx Flower Moth
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- Schinia nubilaCamphorweed Flower Moth
- Schinia saturataBrown Flower Moth
- Schinia sirenAluring Schinia Moth
- Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
- Dejongia californicus
- Hellinsia chlorias
37BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Heterotheca
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
22Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Heterotheca
- Andrena fulvipennis
- Ashmeadiella bucconis
- Colletes speculiferus
- Colletes thysanellae
- Dieunomia heteropoda
- Dieunomia nevadensis
- Hesperapis carinata
- Melissodes coreopsis
- Melissodes dentiventris
- Melissodes desponsus
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- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes menuachus
- Perdita albipennis
- Perdita bishoppi
- Perdita boltoniae
- Perdita consobrina
- Perdita georgica
- Perdita graenicheri
- Perdita ignota
- Perdita octomaculata
- Perdita swenki
- Perdita xanthismae
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Will it fit your yard?
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- NatureServe Explorer
- 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