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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Mimoseae
  8. Bundleflowers

genus

Bundleflowers

Desmanthus

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 introduced 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Illinois Bundleflower native
  • Wild Tantan native
  • Velvet Bundleflower native
  • Prairie Bundleflower present
  • Cooley's Bundleflower present
  • Pigeon Bundleflower present
  • Wild Tantan present
  • Coville's Bundleflower
  • Netleaf Bundleflower native
  • Slenderleaf Bundleflower
  • Two-horn Bundleflower
  • Dwarf Bundleflower
  • Glandular Bundleflower
  • Bluntpod Bundleflower

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native bundleflowers All

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

  • Wild Tantan Desmanthus virgatus caterpillars 3 food 1
  • Illinois Bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 5
  • Velvet Bundleflower Desmanthus velutinus caterpillars 2
  • Netleaf Bundleflower Desmanthus reticulatus caterpillars 2

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