Top native Acalyphoideae
31 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Desert Noseburn
Tragia ramosa
caterpillars
4
food
2
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Nettleleaf Noseburn
Tragia urticifolia
caterpillars
3
food
2
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Betony-leaf Noseburn
Tragia betonicifolia
caterpillars
3
food
2
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Common Three-seeded Mercury
Acalypha rhomboidea
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
2
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Virginia Three-seed Mercury
Acalypha virginica
caterpillars
1
food
4
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Hornbeam Copperleaf
Acalypha persimilis
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
3
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Slender Three-seeded Mercury
Acalypha gracilens
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Wavyleaf Noseburn
Tragia urens
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Heartleaf Noseburn
Tragia cordata
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Small's Noseburn
Tragia smallii
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Bastard Copperleaf
Acalypha chamaedrifolia
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Dark Noseburn
Tragia nigricans
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Florida Keys Noseburn
Tragia saxicola
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Southwest Bernardia
Bernardia myricifolia
caterpillars
1
flowers
8
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Chestnutleaf False Croton
Caperonia castaneifolia
caterpillars
1
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Yuma Silverbush
Argythamnia serrata
food
2
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California Copperleaf
Acalypha californica
food
2
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One-Seeded Mercury
Acalypha monococca
food
2
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Deam's Two-seeded Mercury
Acalypha deamii
food
2
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Sacatrapo
Caperonia palustris
flowers
1
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Lance-leaved Ditaxis
Argythamnia lanceolata
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Low Silverbush
Argythamnia humilis
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Wild Mercury
Argythamnia mercurialina
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Western Bernardia
Bernardia incana
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Plateau Silverbush
Argythamnia simulans
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Desert Silverbush
Argythamnia claryana
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Desert Myrtlecroton
Bernardia obovata
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Blodgett's Silverbush
Argythamnia argothamnoides
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Hill Country Wild-mercury
Argythamnia aphoroides
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Foxtail Copperleaf
Acalypha alopecuroidea
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Poʻolā
Claoxylon sandwicense