Top native onions
82 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
12
flowers
160
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Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
130
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Canadian Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
82
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Wide Leek
Allium tricoccum
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
76
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Narrowleaf Wild Leek
Allium burdickii
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
72
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Allegheny Onion
Allium allegheniense
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
63
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Keever's Onion
Allium keeverae
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
60
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Lillydale Onion
Allium oxyphilum
hosts
1
flowers
63
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Narrowleaf Onion
Allium amplectens
food
3
flowers
59
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Coastal Onion
Allium dichlamydeum
food
3
flowers
38
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Hooker's Onion
Allium acuminatum
food
2
flowers
88
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Aspen Onion
Allium bisceptrum
food
2
flowers
59
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Largeflower Onion
Allium macropetalum
food
2
flowers
55
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Swamp Onion
Allium validum
food
2
flowers
52
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Oneleaf Onion
Allium unifolium
food
2
flowers
49
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Dusky Onion
Allium campanulatum
food
2
flowers
47
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Scytheleaf Onion
Allium falcifolium
food
2
flowers
46
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Jeweled Onion
Allium serra
food
2
flowers
45
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Pitted Onion
Allium lacunosum
food
2
flowers
44
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Nevada Onion
Allium nevadense
food
2
flowers
44
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Mexicali Onion
Allium peninsulare
food
2
flowers
43
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Small Onion
Allium parvum
food
2
flowers
43
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Siskiyou Onion
Allium siskiyouense
food
2
flowers
43
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Subalpine Onion
Allium obtusum
food
2
flowers
42
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Twinleaf Onion
Allium anceps
food
2
flowers
42
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Lemmon's Onion
Allium lemmonii
food
2
flowers
42
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Cascade Onion
Allium cratericola
food
2
flowers
41
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Dark Red Onion
Allium atrorubens
food
2
flowers
41
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Papery Onion
Allium membranaceum
food
2
flowers
41
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Broadstemmed Onion
Allium platycaule
food
2
flowers
40
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Bolander's Onion
Allium bolanderi
food
2
flowers
40
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Sharsmith's Onion
Allium sharsmithiae
food
2
flowers
40
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Burlew's Onion
Allium burlewii
food
2
flowers
38
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Parry's Fringed Onion
Allium parryi
food
2
flowers
38
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Abrams' Allium
Allium abramsii
food
2
flowers
38
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San Bernardino Mountains Onion
Allium monticola
food
2
flowers
38
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Beegum Onion
Allium hoffmanii
food
2
flowers
38
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Serpentine Onion
Allium diabolense
food
2
flowers
36
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Yucaipa Onion
Allium marvinii
food
2
flowers
35
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Red-skinned Onion
Allium haematochiton
food
2
flowers
34
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Crinkled Onion
Allium crispum
food
2
flowers
33
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Glassy Onion
Allium hyalinum
food
2
flowers
33
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Early Onion
Allium praecox
food
2
flowers
31
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Howell's Onion
Allium howellii
food
2
flowers
31
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Parish's Onion
Allium parishii
food
2
flowers
31
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Toothed Wild Onion
Allium denticulatum
food
2
flowers
31
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Textile Onion
Allium textile
food
1
flowers
92
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Prairie Onion
Allium stellatum
food
1
flowers
81
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Plains Onion
Allium perdulce
food
1
flowers
72
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Geyer's Onion
Allium geyeri
food
1
flowers
67