Coastalplain Honeycombhead

The first year, this plant is a small rosette. The second year, it grows in height and flowers.

Balduina angustifolia is endemic to the southeastern coastal plain from Mississippi to Georgia with most of its range being within Florida (BONAP 2014).

Archbold bee study (scientific names)

Attracts many  insects , especially bees including Perdita bequaerti, Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Dialictus coreopsis, D. miniatulus, D. nymphalis, D. placidensis, D. tegularis, Evylaeus pectoralis, Halictus ligatus, Nomia heteropoda, Anthidiellum notatum rufimaculatum, A. perplexum, Coelioxys dolichos, C. germana, C. mexicana, C. sayi, C. texana, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis, Mgeorgica, M. inimica, M. mendica, M. petulans, M. policaris, M. pruina, M. texana, M. xylocopoides, Dolichostelis louisae, Trachusa fontemuitae, Nomada fervida, Svastra aegis, Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, B. pennsyl.uanicus, Xylocopa micans,  and X. virginica krombeini  (Deyrup et al. 2002).



Casual wildflower bed, typically to the back as the flower stalks are tall.  We recommend treating this like a biennial.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Not drought tolerant.

Open, dry sites. Naturally grows in scrub and scrubby flatwoods.

• Showy flowers
• Attracts a variety of butterflies, including gulf fritillary, for nectar.
• Attracts many native  insects , especially bees including miner, sweat metalic sweat ,  resin, leaf-cutter, nomad, long-horned, bumble, and carpenter bees.  
• The endemic ground-dwelling bee, Hesperapis or balduina bee (Hesperapis oraria), is dependent on this species.
• Attracts the non-native but economically important honey bee.