Top native sunflower family members
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Walter's Aster
Symphyotrichum walteri
caterpillars
41
bees
9
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
151
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Common Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
caterpillars
34
hosts
2
food
54
flowers
28
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Muck Sunflower
Helianthus simulans
keystone
caterpillars
26
bees
19
hosts
1
food
35
flowers
91
shelter
1
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
1
food
83
flowers
726
shelter
1
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Groundsel Tree
Baccharis halimifolia
caterpillars
17
bees
9
hosts
6
food
7
flowers
80
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Bearded Beggarticks
Bidens aristosa
caterpillars
8
bees
7
hosts
2
food
7
flowers
141
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Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
caterpillars
5
bees
19
food
4
flowers
139
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Whorled Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata
caterpillars
5
bees
12
food
2
flowers
95
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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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American Burnweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius
caterpillars
4
food
5
flowers
101
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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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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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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