False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)

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False Sunflower attracts a wide variety of native bees and other pollinators. It is the host plant to the specialist bees Pseudopanurgus rugosus, Melissodes coloradensis, Melissodes trinodis, and Melissodes vernoniae (Johnson and Colla, 2023). It is always nice to see the yellows come out and this is one of the earlier ones. It is also a host plant to two moths in our area (nwf.org).

Photo credit: Joshua Mayer

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False Sunflower attracts a wide variety of native bees and other pollinators. It is the host plant to the specialist bees Pseudopanurgus rugosus, Melissodes coloradensis, Melissodes trinodis, and Melissodes vernoniae (Johnson and Colla, 2023). It is always nice to see the yellows come out and this is one of the earlier ones. It is also a host plant to two moths in our area (nwf.org).

Photo credit: Joshua Mayer

Life Cycle: Perennial

Sun Exposure: Full-Partial sun

Soil Moisture: Medium/wet-Medium/dry

Height: 5 feet

Plant Spacing: 1.5-3 feet

Bloom Time: June-September

Bloom Color: Yellow

Advantages: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Deer Resistant, Vigorous self-seeder

Host Plant: 2 butterflies and moths in our area (nwf.org)

Specialist Bee: Pseudopanurgus rugosus, Melissodes coloradensis, Melissodes trinodis, and Melissodes vernoniae (Johnson and Colla, 2023)

Complementary Plants: Culver’s Root, Blazing stars, Bee balm, Purple giant hyssop, Flowering spurge, Blue vervain, Butterfly weed, Prairie phlox, White wild indigo, Asters

Resource: Johnson, Lorraine, and Sheila Colla. A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest. Island Press, 2023

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