Quercus

Lemon-yellow False Golden-aster

Heterotheca camporum

Not native to South Carolina

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

18CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · 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
  • Feltia subgothicaSubgothic Dart
  • Feltia tricosaConfused Dart, Tricose Dart
  • Heliocheilus paradoxusParadoxical Grass Moth
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Ponometia semiflavaHalf-Yellow Bird-Dropping Moth, Half-Yellow Moth
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  • Schinia arcigeraArcigera Flower Moth
  • Schinia lynxLynx Flower Moth
  • Schinia nubilaCamphorweed Flower Moth
  • Schinia saturataBrown Flower Moth
  • Schinia sirenAluring Schinia Moth
  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
  • Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
  • Hellinsia chlorias
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
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
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
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Flower color
Yellow

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Golden Aster; Goldenaster; Lemon Yellow Golden Aster; Lemon Yellow Goldenaster; Lemon yellow False Golden aster; Nashville Camphorweed

Conservation status

South Carolina rankNot available
Global rankG5
SC statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

Native alternatives

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Sources