Top native sunflower family members
13 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
keystone
caterpillars
75
bees
23
hosts
2
food
28
flowers
220
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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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Bitter Fleabane
Erigeron acris
caterpillars
14
bees
10
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
156
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Large-flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
caterpillars
6
bees
17
food
3
flowers
104
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Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
caterpillars
5
food
7
flowers
113
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Desert Zinnia
Zinnia acerosa
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
71
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Shortray Zinnia
Zinnia anomala
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
49
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Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
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Great Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
caterpillars
1
bees
7
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
168
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False Daisy
Eclipta prostrata
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
bees
1
flowers
21
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Engelmann Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia
flowers
29