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Top native meadowbeauties

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

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9 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 4

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 4 Wet 4

Water use

Medium 1

Soil

Sand 5 Loam 3

Soil pH

Acid 5 Neutral 1

Toughness

Resists

Wet soil 2

Form

Habit

Erect 3 Spreading 1

Plant type

Wildflower 8 Herbaceous perennial 4 Perennial 4
  • Virginia Meadowbeauty Rhexia virginica caterpillars 2 flowers 3
  • Yellow Meadowbeauty Rhexia lutea caterpillars 1 flowers 4
  • Savannah Meadowbeauty Rhexia alifanus caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Short-stemmed Meadowbeauty Rhexia petiolata caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Maryland Meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana flowers 5
  • West Indian Meadowbeauty Rhexia cubensis flowers 4
  • Maid Marian Rhexia nashii flowers 2
  • Nuttall's Meadowbeauty Rhexia nuttallii flowers 2
  • Awned Meadowbeauty Rhexia aristosa flowers 2

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