Prairie Sunflower

Helianthus petiolaris Nutt.

are eaten by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Hylephila phylaeus Drury (1880?)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Cuerna costalis (Fabricius 1803) (Lateral-lined sharpshooter)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Taylorilygus apicalis (Fieber 1861) (Broken-backed Bug)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Copestylum lentum Williston 1887
• Global Biotic Interactions: Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 (Honey bee)

are host of

• Global Biotic Interactions: Perdita albipennis Cresson 1868
• Global Biotic Interactions: Lasioglossum semicaeruleum (Cockerell 1895)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Melissodes lutulentus La Berge 1961
• Global Biotic Interactions: Melissodes montanus Cresson 1879
• Global Biotic Interactions: Perdita perpulchra Cockerell 1896

are visited by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Grotea lokii Slobodchikoff 1970
• Global Biotic Interactions: Enchenopa latipes
• Global Biotic Interactions: Sceliphron caementarium (Drury 1773) (Black and Yellow Mud Dauber)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Dieunomia heteropoda (Say 1824)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Vespula pensylvanica (de Saussure 1857) (Western Yellowjacket)

have flowers visited by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Hesperia comma Linnaeus 1758 (Common Branded Skipper)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Danaus (Anosia) plexippus Linnaeus 1758 (Monarch)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Diadasia enavata (Cresson 1872) (Sunflower Chimney Bee)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 (Honey bee)
• Global Biotic Interactions: Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval 1852) (Boisduval's Blue)