Quercus

Stiff Cowbane

Oxypolis rigidior

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · Oxypolis

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Beetles 8
  • Centrinus picumnus
  • Coccinella sanguinea
  • Corticaria distinguenda
  • Diabrotica 12-punctata
  • Epicauta cinerea
  • Epicauta pennsylvanica
  • Luperaltica fuscula
  • Mordella melaena

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 26
  • Agromyza latipes
  • Belvosia unifasciata
  • Cistogaster occidua
  • Euaresta bella
  • Exorista confinis
  • Gymnosoma fuliginosa
  • Helicobia 4-setosa
  • Hippelates plebejus
  • Hippelates pusio
  • Leucopis nigricornis
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  • Limnophora narona
  • Lucilia sericata
  • Lucilia sylvarum
  • Morellia micans
  • Musca domestica
  • Ochthera lauta
  • Phorantha purpurascens
  • Sarcophaga assidua
  • Sciara atrata
  • Senotainia trilineata
  • Siphonella cinerea
  • Spallanzania hesperidarum
  • Spilomyia longicornis
  • Syrphus ribesii
  • Trichopoda pennipes
  • Zodion nanellum

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 1
  • Limochores taumas

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 30
  • Astatus unicolor
  • Bruchophagus funebris
  • Cerceris clypeata
  • Chalybion caeruleum
  • Chelonus sericeus
  • Chlorion caeruleum
  • Cryptocheilus fulgifrons
  • Eutrichosoma mirabilis
  • Iphiaulax rugator
  • Isodontia apicalis
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  • Leionotus fundatus
  • Lindenius errans
  • Lyroda subita
  • Macrodyctium apicatus
  • Microplitis croceipes
  • Microplitis gortynae
  • Opius fuscipennis
  • Oxybelus 4-notatus
  • Perilampus fulvicornis
  • Polistes rubiginosus
  • Polistes variatus
  • Priononyx atrata
  • Psammochares relativus
  • Pseudoplisus phaleratus
  • Stizus unicinctus
  • Tachysphex belfragei
  • Tiphia clypeata
  • Tiphia transversa
  • Toxoneuron abdominale
  • Urosigalphus femoratus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 2
  • Lygus pratensis
  • Plagiognathus obscurus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Apiaceae
Flower color
White or pink

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

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Stiff Cowbane

Conservation status

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

Conservation source Global and federal source

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