Pineland Silkgrass

Pityopsis aspera

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Photographs are not available yet.

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)

48BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Pityopsis

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

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

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

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

Flower color · “Yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 1.66667 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Also known as

Heterotheca graminifolia and Heterotheca adenolepis; golden aster; golden-aster

Conservation status

South Carolina rank	Not available
Global rank	G5
SC status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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