Top native Cassiinae
23 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
caterpillars
11
food
10
flowers
97
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American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
caterpillars
10
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
23
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Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista nictitans
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
3
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Lindheimer's Senna
Senna lindheimeriana
caterpillars
6
flowers
8
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Two-leaved Senna
Senna roemeriana
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
4
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Privet Senna
Senna ligustrina
caterpillars
5
flowers
6
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Two-Leaved Senna
Senna bauhinioides
caterpillars
5
flowers
4
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Wislizenus' Senna
Senna wislizeni
caterpillars
5
flowers
4
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Dwarf Senna
Senna pumilio
caterpillars
5
flowers
3
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Trans-Pecos Senna
Senna pilosior
caterpillars
5
flowers
2
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Durango Senna
Senna durangensis
caterpillars
5
flowers
2
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Spiny Senna
Senna armata
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
2
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Coues' Senna
Senna covesii
caterpillars
4
flowers
9
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Chapman's Wild Sensitive Plant
Senna chapmanii
caterpillars
4
flowers
4
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American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
caterpillars
3
flowers
19
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Deering Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista deeringiana
caterpillars
3
flowers
4
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Beach Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista chamaecristoides
caterpillars
2
flowers
2
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Chamaecrista horizontalis
caterpillars
2
flowers
2
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Gregg's Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista greggii
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Woodland Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista calycioides
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Orcutt's Senna
Senna orcuttii
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Gaudichaud's Senna
Senna gaudichaudii