Top native buckwheat
91 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
caterpillars
37
bees
1
hosts
3
food
45
flowers
357
shelter
2
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Wright's Buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii
caterpillars
23
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
131
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Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
31
flowers
132
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Kennedy's Buckwheat
Eriogonum kennedyi
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
116
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Cushion Buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
140
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Slender Buckwheat
Eriogonum microtheca
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
125
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Tall Woolly Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum elatum
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
131
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Hoary Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
119
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Heermann's Buckwheat
Eriogonum heermannii
caterpillars
21
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
119
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Shockley's Buckwheat
Eriogonum shockleyi
caterpillars
21
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
114
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Redroot Buckwheat
Eriogonum racemosum
caterpillars
20
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
118
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Money Buckwheat
Eriogonum nummulare
caterpillars
20
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
115
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Panamint Mountain Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum panamintense
caterpillars
20
hosts
2
food
12
flowers
108
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Wyman Creek Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum rupinum
caterpillars
20
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
105
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Blue Mountain Buckwheat
Eriogonum strictum
caterpillars
20
hosts
1
food
15
flowers
111
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Mount Rose Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum rosense
caterpillars
19
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
105
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Inyo Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum latens
caterpillars
19
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
104
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Long-stemmed Buckwheat
Eriogonum elongatum
caterpillars
18
bees
1
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
121
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Raspberry Buckwheat
Eriogonum gracilipes
caterpillars
18
hosts
2
food
10
flowers
100
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Crispleaf Buckwheat
Eriogonum corymbosum
caterpillars
18
food
15
flowers
118
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Shortstem Buckwheat
Eriogonum brevicaule
caterpillars
18
food
11
flowers
102
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Yucca Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum plumatella
caterpillars
17
bees
1
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
119
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Seaside Buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium
caterpillars
17
bees
1
hosts
1
food
20
flowers
111
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Snow Buckwheat
Eriogonum niveum
caterpillars
17
bees
1
food
21
flowers
120
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Ochre-flowered Buckwheat
Eriogonum ochrocephalum
caterpillars
17
hosts
1
food
10
flowers
100
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Alexander's Buckwheat
Eriogonum alexanderae
caterpillars
17
hosts
1
food
10
flowers
96
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St. Catherine's-lace
Eriogonum giganteum
caterpillars
16
bees
1
hosts
2
food
19
flowers
113
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Gray Buckwheat
Eriogonum villiflorum
caterpillars
16
food
8
flowers
71
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Santa Cruz Island Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum arborescens
caterpillars
15
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
124
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Conejo Buckwheat
Eriogonum crocatum
caterpillars
15
bees
1
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
115
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Seacliff Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium
caterpillars
15
bees
1
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
140
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Coastal Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum cinereum
caterpillars
15
bees
1
hosts
2
food
13
flowers
122
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Tiehm's Buckwheat
Eriogonum tiehmii
caterpillars
15
hosts
2
food
10
flowers
91
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Ione Buckwheat
Eriogonum apricum
caterpillars
15
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
101
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Waldo Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum pendulum
caterpillars
15
food
11
flowers
93
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Bateman's Buckwheat
Eriogonum batemanii
caterpillars
15
food
11
flowers
87
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Spearleaf Buckwheat
Eriogonum lonchophyllum
caterpillars
15
food
10
flowers
103
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Eriogonum calcareum
caterpillars
15
food
9
flowers
79
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Lewis' Buckwheat
Eriogonum lewisii
caterpillars
15
food
8
flowers
70
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Holmgren's Buckwheat
Eriogonum holmgrenii
caterpillars
15
food
8
flowers
68
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Crosby's Buckwheat
Eriogonum crosbyae
caterpillars
14
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
68
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Sand Buckwheat
Eriogonum leptocladon
caterpillars
14
food
10
flowers
94
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Woodside Buckwheat
Eriogonum tumulosum
caterpillars
14
food
10
flowers
86
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Spoonleaf Buckwheat
Eriogonum spathulatum
caterpillars
14
food
10
flowers
86
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Grand Buckwheat
Eriogonum contortum
caterpillars
14
food
10
flowers
80
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Ephedra Buckwheat
Eriogonum ephedroides
caterpillars
14
food
9
flowers
83
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Panguitch Buckwheat
Eriogonum panguicense
caterpillars
14
food
9
flowers
78
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False Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum novonudum
caterpillars
14
food
9
flowers
77
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Ruby Mountains Buckwheat
Eriogonum kingii
caterpillars
14
food
9
flowers
72
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Elsinore Buckwheat
Eriogonum ostlundii
caterpillars
14
food
8
flowers
71