Top native Engelmanniinae
47 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sagittata
caterpillars
5
bees
1
food
3
flowers
85
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Starry Rosinweed
Silphium asteriscus
caterpillars
4
bees
6
food
5
flowers
48
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Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
caterpillars
3
bees
7
food
11
flowers
173
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Prairie Rosinweed
Silphium integrifolium
caterpillars
3
bees
6
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
73
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Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum
caterpillars
3
bees
6
food
3
flowers
55
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Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
caterpillars
3
bees
6
food
3
flowers
47
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Kidney-leaf Rosinweed
Silphium compositum
caterpillars
2
bees
6
food
3
flowers
20
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Narrowleaf Mule-ears
Wyethia angustifolia
caterpillars
2
bees
3
food
9
flowers
34
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Sea Ox-eye
Borrichia frutescens
caterpillars
2
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
40
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Hooker's Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza hookeri
caterpillars
2
bees
1
food
2
flowers
24
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California Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza macrolepis
caterpillars
2
bees
1
food
1
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Deltoid Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza deltoidea
caterpillars
2
bees
1
flowers
9
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Hoary Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza incana
caterpillars
2
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Northern Mule's Ears
Wyethia amplexicaulis
caterpillars
1
bees
5
food
3
flowers
23
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Tansy Rosinweed
Silphium pinnatifidum
caterpillars
1
bees
4
food
3
flowers
21
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Slender Rosinweed
Silphium gracile
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
3
flowers
15
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Smooth Mule-ears
Wyethia glabra
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
3
flowers
13
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Woolly Mule's Ears
Wyethia mollis
caterpillars
1
bees
2
food
4
flowers
17
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White Rosinweed
Silphium albiflorum
caterpillars
1
bees
2
food
3
flowers
14
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Carey's Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza careyana
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
21
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Serrated Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza serrata
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
1
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Rosy Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza rosea
caterpillars
1
bees
1
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Cutleaf Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza macrophylla
caterpillars
1
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Silky Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sericea
caterpillars
1
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Balsamorhiza hispidula
caterpillars
1
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Silphium reniforme
bees
5
food
3
flowers
21
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Mohr's Rosinweed
Silphium mohrii
bees
3
food
3
flowers
20
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Cumberland Rosinweed
Silphium brachiatum
bees
3
food
3
flowers
19
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Sticky Rosinweed
Silphium glutinosum
bees
3
food
3
flowers
16
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Old Cahaba Rosinweed
Silphium perplexum
bees
3
food
3
flowers
16
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Gray Mule-Ears
Wyethia helenioides
bees
3
food
3
flowers
13
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Arizona Mule-ears
Wyethia arizonica
bees
3
food
1
flowers
8
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Sunflower Mule-ears
Wyethia helianthoides
bees
2
food
3
flowers
20
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Lyre-leaf Greeneyes
Berlandiera lyrata
food
9
flowers
21
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Florida Greeneyes
Berlandiera subacaulis
food
1
flowers
9
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Tree Seaside Tansy
Borrichia arborescens
food
1
flowers
6
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Engelmann Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia
flowers
29
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Northern Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
flowers
7
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Texas Greeneyes
Berlandiera betonicifolia
flowers
6
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Texas Greeneyes
Berlandiera texana
flowers
6
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Soft Greeneyes
Berlandiera pumila
flowers
3
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Texas Yellow Star
Lindheimera texana
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Carolina Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum repens
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Humboldt County Wyethia
Wyethia longicaulis
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Black Belt Rosinweed
Silphium confertifolium
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Gulf Coast Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum australe
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Woolly Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza lanata