Parasol Whitetop

Doellingeria umbellata (Mill.) Nees

Aster family

Plant Type
Forb/herb
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
6.0 feet
Flower Color
White
Bloom Time
Mid Summer, Late Summer

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intolerant

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Host Allagrapha aerea, Aphelia alleniana, Carmenta corni, Charidryas harrisii, Charidryas harrisii harrisii, Charidryas nycteis, Coleophora bidens, Cucullia convexipennis, Cucullia florea, Cucullia postera, Diachrysia aereoides, Dichrorampha immaculata, Eupsilia devia, Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella, Melanchra assimilis, Papaipema impecuniosa, Phyciodes bastesii, Phyciodes tharos, Phyciodes tharos arcticus, Spiramater lutra, Trichordestra legitima

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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