Top native plants
9 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Walter's Aster
Symphyotrichum walteri
caterpillars
41
bees
9
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
151
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
1
food
83
flowers
726
shelter
1
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Sulfur Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
caterpillars
21
bees
2
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
127
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Low Pricklypear
Opuntia humifusa
caterpillars
8
bees
4
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
42
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Southeastern Pricklypear
Opuntia mesacantha
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
15
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Creeping Cactus
Opuntia drummondii
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
14
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Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
caterpillars
2
food
8
flowers
102
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Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
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Wooly Spiderwort
Tradescantia sillamontana
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
13