Pollinator Plants of East Tennessee

A guide to the native plants useful as nectar and/or host plants in East Tennessee pollinator gardens. Created for Knoxville Zoo's Classroom Pollinator Project.

Taxonomy
« Back To Dicots Class Magnoliopsida
- Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies Order Asterales
  - 17 Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies Family Asteraceae
  - 1 Bellflower Family Family Campanulaceae

Mouse-eared Coreopsis ¹
Coreopsis auriculata

Large-flowered Tickseed ²
Coreopsis grandiflora

Lance-leaved Tickseed ³
Coreopsis lanceolata

Tall Coreopsis ⁴
Coreopsis tripteris

Threadleaf Tickseed ⁵
Coreopsis verticillata

Purple Coneflower ⁶
Echinacea purpurea

Dwarf Joe-Pye weed ⁷
Eutrochium dubium

Common Sneezeweed ⁸
Helenium autumnale

Purple-headed Sneezeweed ⁹
Helenium flexuosum

Dwarf Blazing Star
Liatris microcephala

Devil's Bite ¹⁰
Liatris scariosa

Blazing Star ¹¹
Liatris spicata

Scaly Blazing Star ¹²
Liatris squarrosa

Great Blue Lobelia ¹
Lobelia siphilitica

Wild Quinine ¹³
Parthenium integrifolium

Black-eyed Susan ¹⁴
Rudbeckia fulgida

Black-eyed-Susan ¹⁵
Rudbeckia hirta

Frostweed ¹⁶
Verbesina virginica

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Pollinator Plants of East Tennessee

Mouse-eared Coreopsis 1 Coreopsis auriculata

Large-flowered Tickseed 2 Coreopsis grandiflora

Lance-leaved Tickseed 3 Coreopsis lanceolata

Tall Coreopsis 4 Coreopsis tripteris

Threadleaf Tickseed 5 Coreopsis verticillata

Purple Coneflower 6 Echinacea purpurea

Dwarf Joe-Pye weed 7 Eutrochium dubium

Common Sneezeweed 8 Helenium autumnale

Purple-headed Sneezeweed 9 Helenium flexuosum

Dwarf Blazing Star Liatris microcephala

Devil's Bite 10 Liatris scariosa

Blazing Star 11 Liatris spicata

Scaly Blazing Star 12 Liatris squarrosa

Great Blue Lobelia 1 Lobelia siphilitica

Wild Quinine 13 Parthenium integrifolium

Black-eyed Susan 14 Rudbeckia fulgida

Black-eyed-Susan 15 Rudbeckia hirta

Frostweed 16 Verbesina virginica