Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC
Genus host records with ranges including SC · Cryptotaenia
- Papilio polyxenesBlack Swallowtail
- Epermenia pimpinella
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimBeetles 12
- Bruchus bivulneratus
- Bruchus minus
- Centrinus picumnus
- Cryptorhopalum triste
- Diabrotica 12-punctata
- Euderces picipes
- Eugnamptus angustatus
- Mordella triloba
- Mordellistena pubescens
- Pentaria trifasciata
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- Podabrus brunnicollis
- Typocerus lugubris
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Flies 21
- Anthrax sinuosa
- Chlorops proxima
- Cistogaster occidua
- Drosophila varia
- Elachiptera flavida
- Empis loripedis
- Metopia leucocephala
- Orthoneura nitida
- Pipiza femoralis
- Sapromyza vulgaris
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- Scatopse pulicaria
- Sepsis violacea
- Siphona geniculata
- Siphonella inquilina
- Syrphus americanus
- Syrphus ribesii
- Volucella vesiculosa
- Xanthogramma emarginata
- Xanthomelana arcuata
- Zodion fulvifrons
- Zodion nanellum
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Other wasps 10
- Anacrabro ocellatus
- Ancistrocerus tigris
- Cerceris clypeata
- Ceropales fraterna
- Leionotus perennis
- Oxybelus 4-notatus
- Polyblastus citripes
- Polysphincta slossinae
- Pseudagenia mellipes
- Symmorphus debilis
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Other insects 1
- Corimelaena lateralis
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
No records yet · Ants · Adult butterflies / moths
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Flower color
- White
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “June to September” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide · Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed
- Flower color · “White” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide · Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed
- Hardiness · “Zones 4–8” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Height · “About 2 feet in flower” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide · Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- Light · “Shade (under 3 hours)” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide · Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed
- Soil · “Wet-mesic; Mesic; Dry-mesic” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide · Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed
- Spread · “9 inches–2 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Also known as
Canadian Honewort; Honewort
Conservation status
| South Carolina rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| SC status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- usda
- nc_flora
- 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