Prairie Red Root

Ceanothus herbaceus

Native status unresolved in Kentucky

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

41CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Ceanothus

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Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Erastria colorariaBroad-Lined Erastria
Erastria cruentariaThin-Lined Erastria
Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
Eupithecia columbiataColumbia Pug
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Gesta martialisMottled Duskywing
Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
Hypena bijugalisDimorphic Bomolocha, Dimorphic Snout
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Lyonetia prunifoliellaStriped Bent-wing
Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
Nemoria rubrifrontariaRed-Fronted Emerald
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Redectis vitreaWhite-Spotted Redactis
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Spiramater lutraDarling Mamestra, Splashed Arches, Otter Spiramater, Otter Arches
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
Zale minereaColorful Zale
Lithacodes fiskeanus

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Ceanothus

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ceanothus

Growing and identification

Growing sources and scope

Also known as

Prairie Ceanothus; Prairie Red Root

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