Top native sunflower family members
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium dubium
caterpillars
13
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
157
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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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Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
caterpillars
3
bees
9
flowers
30
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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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Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
bees
1
flowers
21
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Engelmann Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia
flowers
29
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Northern Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
flowers
7