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Arkansas
Narrowleaf Sunflower in flower
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Narrowleaf Sunflower

Helianthus angustifolius

Silvery Checkerspot caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 47 of Arkansas’s 75 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Moist soil
Size
6.5 ft to 8 ft tall, 3.2 ft wide
Flowers
Yellow
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
Spreading rhizomes or runners; wants 6 in of soil
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Narrowleaf Sunflower, drawn in a bed

in flowerfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Butterflies
Host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot
Caterpillars
79 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
69 kinds of native bees
Birds
36 kinds of birds
On its flowers
Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), Ligated furrow bee (Halictus ligatus), Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis), Long-horned bee (Melissodes agilis)

Grows well with

Inkberry8 ft tallSweet Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallCutleaf Coneflower6 ft tallHollow Joe-pye-weed6 ft tallSwamp Azalea5 ft tallNorthern Highbush Blueberry9 ft tallNew England Aster4 ft tallPossumhaw Viburnum8 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Helianthus angustifolius.