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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Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
keystone
caterpillars
78
bees
26
hosts
2
food
21
flowers
252
shelter
1
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Whorled Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata
caterpillars
5
bees
12
food
2
flowers
95
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Smallhead Blazing Star
Liatris microcephala
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
flowers
70
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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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Field Pussytoes
Antennaria neglecta
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
49
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Plantain-leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
59
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Singlehead Pussytoes
Antennaria solitaria
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
flowers
18
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Slender Goldentop
Euthamia caroliniana
caterpillars
1
bees
8
hosts
4
food
2
flowers
93
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Great Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
caterpillars
1
bees
7
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
168
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Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
bees
1
flowers
21
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Engelmann Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia
flowers
29