Top native cudweeds, everlastings, and pussytoes
83 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
caterpillars
10
bees
1
hosts
1
food
18
flowers
186
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Marsh Cudweed
Gnaphalium uliginosum
caterpillars
10
food
7
flowers
6
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Western Marsh Cudweed
Gnaphalium palustre
caterpillars
8
flowers
4
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Small Pussytoes
Antennaria howellii
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
24
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Rosy Pussytoes
Antennaria rosea
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
2
flowers
28
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Sweet Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
flowers
53
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Slender Cudweed
Gnaphalium exilifolium
caterpillars
4
flowers
2
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Purple Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea
caterpillars
4
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Small-leaf Pussytoes
Antennaria parvifolia
caterpillars
3
bees
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
34
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Littleleaf Pussytoes
Antennaria microphylla
caterpillars
3
bees
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
20
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Field Pussytoes
Antennaria neglecta
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
49
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Umber Pussytoes
Antennaria umbrinella
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
18
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Handsome Pussytoes
Antennaria anaphaloides
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
17
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Rocky Mountain Pussytoes
Antennaria media
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
15
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Hooker's Pussytoes
Antennaria racemosa
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
15
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Silvery Brown Pussytoes
Antennaria luzuloides
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
15
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Low Pussytoes
Antennaria dimorpha
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
14
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White-margined Pussytoes
Antennaria lanata
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
13
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Narrowleaf Pussytoes
Antennaria stenophylla
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
12
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Pinewoods Pussytoes
Antennaria geyeri
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
11
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Flat-top Pussytoes
Antennaria corymbosa
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
15
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Silver Pussytoes
Antennaria argentea
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
11
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Beautiful Pussy-toes
Antennaria pulchella
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
10
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Plantain-leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
59
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Stoloniferous Pussytoes
Antennaria flagellaris
caterpillars
2
bees
1
food
1
flowers
13
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Parlin's Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
flowers
22
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Singlehead Pussytoes
Antennaria solitaria
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
flowers
18
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White-margined Everlasting
Antennaria marginata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
14
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Showy Pussytoes
Antennaria pulcherrima
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
14
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Kaibab Pussytoes
Antennaria rosulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
13
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Shale Barren Pussytoes
Antennaria virginica
caterpillars
2
flowers
16
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Cottonbatting Plant
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Two-color Rabbit Tobacco
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
16
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Evergreen Everlasting
Antennaria suffrutescens
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
11
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Pink Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
2
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Aromatic Pussytoes
Antennaria aromatica
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
14
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Silvery Everlasting
Gamochaeta argyrinea
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Featherweed
Gamochaeta ustulata
caterpillars
1
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American Everlasting
Gamochaeta americana
caterpillars
1
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Narrowleaf Purple Everlasting
Gamochaeta calviceps
caterpillars
1
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Caribbean Purple Everlasting
Gamochaeta antillana
caterpillars
1
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Tapered Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium attenuatum
caterpillars
1
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White-cloaked Cudweed
Gamochaeta chionesthes
caterpillars
1
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Narrowleaf Everlasting
Gamochaeta falcata
caterpillars
1
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California Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium californicum
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
15
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Feltleaf Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
hosts
1
flowers
5
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Macoun's Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium macounii
hosts
1
flowers
5
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Fragrant Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium beneolens
hosts
1
flowers
3
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Wright's Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium canescens
hosts
1
flowers
3
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Northwestern Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium thermale
hosts
1
flowers
2