Symphyotrichum bahamense
Symphyotrichum bahamense
Found in salt, brackish, and fresh marshes, ditches, wet areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you
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Keystone
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 35%
- Soil moisture
- Moist to wet
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 47 Florida 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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Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
65CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Symphyotrichum
- Phyciodes tharosPearl Crescent
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
- Allagrapha aereaUnspotted Looper Moth
- Anthanassa texanaTexan Crescent
- Bucculatrix angustataNarrow Bucculatrix
- Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Chlosyne nycteisSilvery Checkerspot
- Chytonix palliatriculaCloaked Marvel
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- Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
- Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
- Ctenoplusia oxygrammaSharp-Stigma Looper Moth
- Cucullia alfarataCamphorweed Cucullia, Halloween Paint, Camphorweed Cucullia
- Cucullia asteroidesThe Asteroid, Asteroid Paint, Goldenrod Hooded Owlet
- Dichomeris flavocostellaCream-Edged Dichomeris
- Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
- Dichomeris ochripalpellaShining Dichomeris Moth
- Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
- Epiblema scudderianaScudder's Epiblema, Goldenrod Gall Moth
- Eucosma parmatanaAster Eucosma, Aster Flowerhead Caterpillar
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
- Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
- Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
- Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
- Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
- Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
- Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
- Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
- Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
- Lascoria ambigualisAmbiguous Moth, Ambiguous Litter Moth
- Leuconycta diphteroidesGreen Leuconycta
- Lioptilodes albistriolatusMousy Plume Moth
- Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
- Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
- Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
- Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
- Phycitodes reliquellaWhite-Edged Phycitodes
- Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Ponometia candefactaOlive-Shaded Bird-Dropping Moth
- Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
- Schinia arcigeraArcigera Flower Moth
- Schinia septentrionalisNorthern Flower Moth
- Scopula inductataSoft-Lined Wave
- Sonia canadanaCanadian Sonia Moth
- Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
- Sutyna privataCheckered Sallow, Private Sallow
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
- Tornos scolopacinariaDimorphic Gray
- Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
- Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
- Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
- Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
- Carmenta ithacae
- Dichomeris agonia
- Hellinsia glenni
- Paralobesia vernoniana
- Pseudotelphusa carduiella
- Xenotemna pallorana
79BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Symphyotrichum
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
45Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Symphyotrichum
- Andrena asteris
- Andrena asteroides
- Andrena braccata
- Andrena bullata
- Andrena canadensis
- Andrena chromotricha
- Andrena fulvipennis
- Andrena hirticincta
- Andrena nubecula
- Andrena placata
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- Andrena simplex
- Anthophorula asteris
- Ashmeadiella bucconis
- Calliopsis coloradensis
- Colletes americanus
- Colletes compactus
- Colletes rufocinctus
- Colletes simulans
- Colletes speculiferus
- Dianthidium curvatum
- Dianthidium simile
- Dieunomia nevadensis
- Melissodes boltoniae
- Melissodes confusus
- Melissodes denticulatus
- Melissodes dentiventris
- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes fumosus
- Melissodes illatus
- Melissodes menuachus
- Melissodes niveus
- Melissodes subillatus
- Melissodes trinodis
- Melissodes vernoniae
- Melissodes wheeleri
- Paranthidium jugatorium
- Perdita bruneri
- Perdita ignota
- Perdita octomaculata
- Perdita xanthismae
- Protandrena aestivalis
- Protandrena andrenoides
- Protandrena citripes
- Protandrena compositarum
- Protandrena illinoiensis
3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Aster
- Alectoris chukarChukar
- Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
- Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
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 |
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- 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