Top native Ganysma

42 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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42 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1

Soil

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Resists

Form

Habit

Erect 1 Multi stemmed 1

Plant type

Annual 39 Wildflower 39 Perennial 2 Herbaceous perennial 1

Desert Trumpet Eriogonum inflatum caterpillars 24 bees 1 hosts 2 food 17 flowers 126
Flatcrown Buckwheat Eriogonum deflexum caterpillars 22 bees 1 hosts 2 food 17 flowers 122
Little Desert Trumpet Eriogonum trichopes caterpillars 22 bees 1 hosts 2 food 17 flowers 121
Yellow Turbans Eriogonum pusillum caterpillars 22 bees 1 hosts 2 food 16 flowers 120
Spurry Buckwheat Eriogonum spergulinum caterpillars 22 hosts 2 food 16 flowers 120
Spotted Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum maculatum caterpillars 21 bees 1 hosts 2 food 15 flowers 119
Parish's Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum parishii caterpillars 21 bees 1 hosts 2 food 15 flowers 118
Nodding Buckwheat Eriogonum cernuum caterpillars 21 hosts 2 food 17 flowers 120
Hooker's Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum hookeri caterpillars 20 hosts 2 food 14 flowers 113
Esmeralda Buckwheat Eriogonum esmeraldense caterpillars 20 hosts 2 food 13 flowers 105
Kidneyleaf Buckwheat Eriogonum reniforme caterpillars 19 bees 1 hosts 2 food 15 flowers 119
Thurber's Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum thurberi caterpillars 19 bees 1 hosts 2 food 15 flowers 115
Parry's Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum brachypodum caterpillars 19 hosts 2 food 13 flowers 111
Ginseng Buckwheat Eriogonum pharnaceoides caterpillars 19 hosts 2 food 13 flowers 109
Twotooth Buckwheat Eriogonum viridescens caterpillars 18 bees 1 hosts 2 food 15 flowers 115
Reveal's Buckwheat Eriogonum contiguum caterpillars 18 hosts 2 food 13 flowers 105
Glandular Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum glandulosum caterpillars 18 hosts 2 food 13 flowers 104
Dugway Buckwheat Eriogonum nutans caterpillars 18 hosts 2 food 12 flowers 104
Unarmed Buckwheat Eriogonum inerme caterpillars 18 hosts 1 food 14 flowers 110
Watson's Buckwheat Eriogonum watsonii caterpillars 18 food 9 flowers 86
Thomas's Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum thomasii caterpillars 17 bees 1 hosts 2 food 15 flowers 112
Redstem Buckwheat Eriogonum rubricaule caterpillars 17 hosts 2 food 11 flowers 97
Hill Buckwheat Eriogonum collinum caterpillars 17 hosts 1 food 10 flowers 97
Hairy-flower Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum hirtiflorum caterpillars 16 bees 1 hosts 1 food 15 flowers 110
Volcanic Buckwheat Eriogonum lemmonii caterpillars 16 hosts 1 food 10 flowers 89
Anglestem Buckwheat Eriogonum angulosum caterpillars 15 bees 1 hosts 2 food 14 flowers 110
Fort Mohave Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum ordii caterpillars 15 bees 1 hosts 2 food 14 flowers 110
Rose and White Buckwheat Eriogonum gracillimum caterpillars 15 bees 1 hosts 2 food 14 flowers 108
San Jacinto Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum apiculatum caterpillars 15 bees 1 hosts 2 food 14 flowers 107
Hoover's Desert Trumpet Eriogonum clavatum caterpillars 15 hosts 2 food 14 flowers 106
Pagoda Buckwheat Eriogonum rixfordii caterpillars 14 hosts 2 food 11 flowers 84
Gordon's Buckwheat Eriogonum gordonii caterpillars 14 food 10 flowers 94
Wetherill's Buckwheat Eriogonum wetherillii caterpillars 14 food 10 flowers 82
Saltwort Buckwheat Eriogonum salicornioides caterpillars 14 food 9 flowers 77
Hoffmann's Buckwheat Eriogonum hoffmannii caterpillars 13 hosts 1 food 11 flowers 84
Native American Pipeweed Eriogonum fusiforme caterpillars 13 food 11 flowers 83
Kidneyshape Buckwheat Eriogonum subreniforme caterpillars 12 food 11 flowers 84
Pahrump Valley Buckwheat Eriogonum bifurcatum caterpillars 12 food 9 flowers 64
Ladder Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum exaltatum caterpillars 11 food 10 flowers 69
Wildrose Canyon Buckwheat Eriogonum eremicola
Cottony Buckwheat Eriogonum gossypinum
Sticky Buckwheat Eriogonum viscidulum