order
Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
Caryophyllales
Field notes
Children 24 of 29
- Knotweed Family 295 native
- Pink Family 155 native
- Amaranths 122 native
- Cacti 110 native
- Pussypaw Family 64 native
- Four O'clock Family 59 native
- Sundew Family 9 native
- Purslane Family 6 native
- Stone Plants 4 native
- Plumbago Family 4 native
- Pokeweed Family 3 native
- Sea Heath Family 3 native
- Petiveria Family 3 native
- Carpetweed Family 3 native
- Greasewood Family 2 native
- Achatocarpus Family 1 native
- Fameflower Family 1 native
- Jojoba Family 1 native
- Basella Family 1 native
- Tamarisk Family
- Stegnosperma Family
- Gisekia Family
- Microtea Family
- Drosophyllum Family
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native pinks, cactuses, and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
caterpillars
37
bees
1
hosts
3
food
45
flowers
357
shelter
2
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Western Dock
Rumex occidentalis
caterpillars
37
hosts
3
food
20
flowers
1
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Willow Dock
Rumex salicifolius
caterpillars
37
hosts
3
food
19
flowers
1
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Golden Dock
Rumex fueginus
caterpillars
36
hosts
3
food
20
flowers
1
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Golden Dock
Rumex maritimus
caterpillars
35
hosts
3
food
25
flowers
2
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White Willow Dock
Rumex triangulivalvis
caterpillars
35
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
2
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Douglas' Knotweed
Polygonum douglasii
caterpillars
35
food
44
flowers
14
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Tall Dock
Rumex altissimus
caterpillars
33
hosts
3
food
19
flowers
2
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Greater Water Dock
Rumex britannica
caterpillars
33
hosts
3
food
19
flowers
1
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Common Lambsquarters
Chenopodium album
caterpillars
32
hosts
1
food
59
flowers
12
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Bushy Knotweed
Polygonum ramosissimum
caterpillars
32
food
46
flowers
16
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Leathery Knotweed
Polygonum achoreum
caterpillars
31
food
42
flowers
14
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Swamp Dock
Rumex verticillatus
caterpillars
30
hosts
3
food
20
flowers
1
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Canaigre Dock
Rumex hymenosepalus
caterpillars
29
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
1
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Winged Dock
Rumex venosus
caterpillars
28
hosts
2
food
14
flowers
1