Prairie Coreopsis

Category:
  • Bloom Time: June – Aug.
  • Bloom Color: Yellow
  • Height: 24 inches
  • Sun: Full to partial
  • Soil: Medium

Caterpillar food for:
Wavy-Lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata)

Butterfly food for:
buckeye (Junonia coenia), viceroy (Limenitis archippus), eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas), spring azure (Celastrina ladon), pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos), orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme), american copper (Lycaena phlaeas), red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Attracts these pollinators:
coreopsis miner bee (Melissoides coreopsis), small carpenter bees (Ceratina spp.), leafcutter bees (Megachile spp.), small resin bees (Heriades spp.), cuckoo bees (Coelioxys spp.), long-horned bees (Melissodes spp.)

More information: Minnesota Wildflowers