GrowNativePlants Plant Directory

Sweat Bees

Halictus spp. native bee

Small to medium ground-nesting bees, often metallic green. Highly generalist on composites and other prairie flowers.

7 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Bastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneScarlet GlobemallowSphaeralcea coccineawildflower · June–AugustTufted FleabaneErigeron caespitosuswildflower · June–JulyWoolly GroundselPackera canawildflower · May–June

gathers pollen at

(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–October(c) aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnarSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–October