Top native false buttonweeds
7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Woodland False Buttonweed
Spermacoce remota
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
10
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Smooth False Buttonweed
Spermacoce glabra
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
7
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Prostrate False Buttonweed
Spermacoce prostrata
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
7
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Spermacoce keyensis
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
7
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Everglades Key False Buttonweed
Spermacoce neoterminalis
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
12
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Basil-like Button Weed
Spermacoce ocymoides
caterpillars
1
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Pineland False Buttonweed
Spermacoce tetraquetra
caterpillars
1