Top native legumes, milkworts, and allies
9 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Bristly Locust
Robinia hispida
caterpillars
33
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
3
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Round-headed Bush Clover
Lespedeza capitata
caterpillars
16
food
6
flowers
46
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Eastern Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
caterpillars
13
food
1
flowers
53
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Tall Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis
caterpillars
13
flowers
55
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Thick-pod White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
caterpillars
13
flowers
20
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Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
caterpillars
11
food
10
flowers
97
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Spiked Wild Indigo
Baptisia albescens
caterpillars
11
flowers
12
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Grayhairy Wild Indigo
Baptisia cinerea
caterpillars
10
flowers
11
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Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
caterpillars
4
bees
6
food
2
flowers
77