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Pentanthera
Pentanthera
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- Pinxter Flower native
- Flame Azalea native
- Western Azalea native
- Mountain Azalea native
- Swamp Azalea native
- Early Azalea native
- Yellow Azalea present
- Orange Azalea native
- Smooth Azalea native
- Hammocksweet Azalea native
- Coastal Azalea native
- Alabama Azalea native
- Plumleaf Azalea present
- Cumberland Rhododendron native
- Piedmont Azalea
- Red Hills Azalea
- Santee Azalea native
- Rhododendron austrinum × canescens
- Texas Azalea native
- Baker's Rhododendron
- Rhododendron alabamense × canescens
- Rhododendron × pennsylvanicum
- Rhododendron × mortieri
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Pentanthera All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Pinxter Flower
Rhododendron periclymenoides
caterpillars
32
bees
1
food
6
flowers
59
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Flame Azalea
Rhododendron calendulaceum
caterpillars
30
bees
1
food
4
flowers
58
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Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
caterpillars
30
bees
1
food
4
flowers
58
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Early Azalea
Rhododendron prinophyllum
caterpillars
29
bees
1
food
4
flowers
58
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Smooth Azalea
Rhododendron arborescens
caterpillars
28
bees
1
food
4
flowers
58
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Mountain Azalea
Rhododendron canescens
caterpillars
24
bees
1
food
4
flowers
53
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Coastal Azalea
Rhododendron atlanticum
caterpillars
21
bees
1
food
3
flowers
49
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Cumberland Rhododendron
Rhododendron cumberlandense
caterpillars
19
bees
1
food
3
flowers
50
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Alabama Azalea
Rhododendron alabamense
caterpillars
18
bees
1
food
2
flowers
45
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Orange Azalea
Rhododendron austrinum
caterpillars
17
food
2
flowers
47
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Santee Azalea
Rhododendron eastmanii
caterpillars
17
food
2
flowers
41
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Western Azalea
Rhododendron occidentale
caterpillars
16
food
4
flowers
35
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Hammocksweet Azalea
Rhododendron serrulatum
caterpillars
15
food
1
flowers
38
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Texas Azalea
Rhododendron oblongifolium
caterpillars
10
food
1
flowers
30