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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Acanthus Family
  7. Tetrameriinae
  8. Desert Honeysuckles

genus

Desert Honeysuckles

Anisacanthus

Traits
Includes
3 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Flame Acanthus native
  • Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle native
  • Narrowleaf Desert Honeysuckle native
  • Anisacanthus puberulus native
  • Anisacanthus andersonii

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Vine

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native desert honeysuckles All

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

  • Flame Acanthus Anisacanthus quadrifidus caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers 12
  • Narrowleaf Desert Honeysuckle Anisacanthus linearis caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Anisacanthus thurberi flowers 4
  • Anisacanthus puberulus

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