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Top native dustymaiden

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

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8 native plants

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Part shade 1

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Low 1

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Perennial 8 Wildflower 6 Shrub 2
  • Hoary Pincushion Chaenactis douglasii caterpillars 2 bees 10 flowers 59
  • Parish's Chaenactis Chaenactis parishii caterpillars 1 bees 5 flowers 24
  • Sharsmith Pincushion Chaenactis alpigena caterpillars 1 bees 3 flowers 25
  • Santolina Pincushion Chaenactis santolinoides caterpillars 1 bees 3 flowers 24
  • Thompson's Pincushion Chaenactis thompsonii bees 6 flowers 9
  • Sierra Pincushion Chaenactis nevadensis bees 2 flowers 15
  • Evermann's Pincushion Chaenactis evermannii bees 2 flowers 11
  • Shasta Pincushion Chaenactis suffrutescens bees 2 flowers 10

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