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Shrubby St. John’s Wort

Hypericum prolificum

Caterpillar food for
Wavy-Lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata), Burgundy St. Johnswort Moth (Iodopepla u-album), Gray Half-Spot (Nedra ramosula), Stained-back Leafroller Moth (Acleris maculidorsana)

Attracts these pollinators

Leafcutter Bee (Megachile sp.), Green Sweat Bee (Agapostemon sp.), Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum subgenus dialictus), Syrphid Fly (Toxomerus sp.), Syrphid Fly (Tropidia sp.), Bumble Bee (Bombus sp.), Banded Long-Horn Beetle (Typocerus sp.)

Photo credit: By BeckyLaboy – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94216866

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