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Top native primrose-willows

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

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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Wet 1

Water use

High 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Resists

Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Horizontal 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Perennial 4 Wildflower 4 Edible 1 Herbaceous perennial 1 Weed 1
  • Creeping Primrose-willow Ludwigia repens caterpillars 4 food 3 flowers 12
  • Water Purslane Ludwigia palustris caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 13
  • Piedmont Primrose-willow Ludwigia arcuata caterpillars 3 flowers 14
  • Long Beach Primrose Willow Ludwigia brevipes
  • Creeping Smallflower Seedbox Ludwigia spathulata

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