Top native legumes, milkworts, and allies
7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Carolina Vetch
Vicia caroliniana
caterpillars
11
food
7
flowers
69
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American Wisteria
Wisteria frutescens
caterpillars
10
food
1
flowers
15
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Eastern Milk-pea
Galactia regularis
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
17
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Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
13
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American Groundnut
Apios americana
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
31
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Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
caterpillars
2
flowers
18
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Kentucky Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
flowers
5