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Top native sunflower family members

5 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 4 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2 Well drained 4 Moist 3 Wet 1

Water use

Low 2 Medium 2

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 3 Loam 2 Clay 2 Organic 2

Soil pH

Acid 3 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 2

Deer resistant

Yes 4

Resists

Dry soil 2 Heavy shade 2 Rabbits 2 Salt 2 Wet soil 2 Erosion 1 Fire 1 Foot traffic 1 Heat 1 Humidity 1 Pollution 1 Poor soil 1

Form

Habit

Erect 130 Clumping 71 Spreading 21 Mounding 12 Multi stemmed 9 Ascending 8 Dense 8 Creeping 6 Rounded 6 Arching 5 Horizontal 4 Prostrate 4 Cascading 3 Open 2 Vase 2 Broad 1 Climbing 1 Irregular 1 Multi trunked 1 Oval 1 Pyramidal 1

Plant type

Herbaceous perennial 5 Wildflower 4 Ground cover 3 Perennial 1
  • Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Eutrochium dubium caterpillars 13 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 157
  • Silver Wormwood Artemisia ludoviciana caterpillars 10 hosts 6 food 14 flowers 1
  • Narrowleaf Silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia caterpillars 3 bees 9 flowers 30
  • Straggler Daisy Calyptocarpus vialis caterpillars 2 flowers 11
  • Northern Green-and-gold Chrysogonum virginianum flowers 7

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