Top native heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies
169 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
caterpillars
10
hosts
3
food
15
flowers
112
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Pale Jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
caterpillars
8
hosts
3
food
6
flowers
42
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Spurless Touch-me-not
Impatiens ecornuta
caterpillars
3
food
3
flowers
1
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California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
12
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Showy Gilia
Gilia cana
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
4
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Bird's-eye Gilia
Gilia tricolor
caterpillars
2
food
6
flowers
22
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Bluehead Gilia
Gilia capitata
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
85
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Shy Gilia
Gilia inconspicua
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
12
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Star Gilia
Gilia stellata
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
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Nevada Gilia
Gilia brecciarum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
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Clokey's Gilia
Gilia clokeyi
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
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Rosy Gilia
Gilia sinuata
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
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El Paso Gilia
Gilia mexicana
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
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Chaparral Gilia
Gilia angelensis
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Purplespot Gilia
Gilia clivorum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Coastal Gilia
Gilia diegensis
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Volcanic Gilia
Gilia ochroleuca
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Fineflowered Gilia
Gilia leptantha
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Rock Gilia
Gilia scopulorum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Little Gilia
Gilia minor
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Eyed Gilia
Gilia ophthalmoides
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Broad-flowered Gilia
Gilia latiflora
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
4
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Puffcalyx Gilia
Gilia aliquanta
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
4
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Inland Gilia
Gilia interior
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
4
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Modoc Gilia
Gilia modocensis
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
4
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Transmontane Gilia
Gilia transmontana
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
4
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Scrub Gilia
Gilia malior
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
4
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Sapphire Woollystar
Eriastrum sapphirinum
caterpillars
1
bees
2
flowers
7
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Chaffweed
Lysimachia minima
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Salt Gilia
Gilia salticola
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
5
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Greater Yellowthroat Gilia
Gilia tenuiflora
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Dark-eyed Gilia
Gilia millefoliata
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
36
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Pygmy-flower Rock-jasmine
Androsace septentrionalis
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Lynda's Gilia
Gilia lyndana
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Large-flowered Leptosiphon
Leptosiphon grandiflorus
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Western Rock-jasmine
Androsace occidentalis
caterpillars
1
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Mustang Clover
Leptosiphon montanus
caterpillars
1
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Slender-stemmed Androsace
Androsace filiformis
caterpillars
1
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Desert Woollystar
Eriastrum eremicum
bees
2
flowers
14
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Spreading Woollystar
Eriastrum diffusum
bees
2
flowers
6
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Harwood's Woollystar
Eriastrum harwoodii
bees
2
flowers
5
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Lavender Woollystar
Eriastrum filifolium
bees
2
flowers
4
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Hooked Pincushionplant
Navarretia hamata
bees
2
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Needleleaf Navarretia
Navarretia intertexta
bees
2
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Hollyleaf Pincushionplant
Navarretia atractyloides
bees
2
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Moran's Nosegay
Navarretia fossalis
bees
2
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Miniature Gilia
Navarretia capillaris
bees
2
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Skunkweed
Navarretia squarrosa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Wilcox's Woollystar
Eriastrum wilcoxii
bees
1
flowers
5