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Top native whitetops

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

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12 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Moist 1

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Form

Habit

Erect 1

Plant type

Wildflower 10 Perennial 9 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Flat-top White Aster Doellingeria umbellata caterpillars 19 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 154
  • Cascade Aster Doellingeria ledophylla caterpillars 1 flowers 10
  • Engelmann's Aster Doellingeria engelmannii flowers 7
  • Brewer's Aster Doellingeria breweri flowers 4
  • Elegant Aster Doellingeria elegans flowers 1
  • Cornel-leaf Whitetop Doellingeria infirma
  • Southern Whitetop Doellingeria sericocarpoides
  • Wayside Aster Doellingeria vialis
  • Klickitat Aster Doellingeria glaucescens
  • Gorman's Aster Doellingeria gormanii
  • Brickellbush Aster Doellingeria tomentella
  • Siskiyou Aster Doellingeria glabrata

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