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Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
14CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC
Genus host records with ranges including SC · Astragalus
- Abaeis nicippeSleepy Orange, Sleepy Yellow, Erratic Orange
- Cecropterus bathyllusSouthern Cloudywing
- Cecropterus pyladesNorthern Cloudywing
- Colias eurythemeOrange Sulphur, Alfalfa Butterfly
- Colias philodiceClouded Sulphur, Clover Butterfly
- Cupido comyntasEastern Tailed-Blue
- Dicymolomia julianalisJulia's Dicymolomia
- Digrammia eremiataThree-Lined Angle
- Epargyreus clarusSilver-Spotted Skipper
- Gesta baptisiaeWild Indigo Duskywing, Baptisia Duskywing
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- Glaucopsyche lygdamusSilvery Blue
- Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
- Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
- Walshia miscecolorellaSweetclover Root Borer Moth
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
1Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Astragalus
- Anthidium clypeodentatum
4BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Astragalus
- Alectoris chukarChukar
- Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
- Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- FABACEAE
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| South Carolina rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| SC status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- South Carolina occurrence source
- 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