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Top native spiny solanums

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

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10 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2 Well drained 1 Moist 1 Wet 1

Water use

Low 1

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 2 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 2

Form

Habit

Erect 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Perennial 5 Wildflower 5 Annual 4 Shrub 4 Herbaceous perennial 1 Poisonous 1 Weed 1
  • Silverleaf Nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium caterpillars 37 bees 1 hosts 2 food 21 flowers 38
  • Carolina Horsenettle Solanum carolinense caterpillars 35 hosts 3 food 23 flowers 36
  • Buffalo-bur Solanum rostratum caterpillars 33 bees 1 hosts 1 food 19 flowers 16
  • Cockroach Berry Solanum capsicoides caterpillars 26 hosts 1 food 16 flowers 6
  • Melonleaf Horsenettle Solanum heterodoxum caterpillars 22 bees 1 hosts 1 food 16 flowers 12
  • Solanum setigeroides caterpillars 14 bees 1 hosts 1 food 16 flowers 9
  • Pōpoloʻaiakeakua Solanum sandwicense
  • Nelson's Horsenettle Solanum nelsonii
  • Thorny Popolo Solanum incompletum
  • Solanum caumii

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