Top native sunflower family members
9 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 Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
caterpillars
23
bees
3
hosts
1
food
83
flowers
726
shelter
1
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Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
caterpillars
17
bees
27
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
428
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Groundsel Tree
Baccharis halimifolia
caterpillars
17
bees
9
hosts
6
food
7
flowers
80
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Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium dubium
caterpillars
13
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
157
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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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False Daisy
Eclipta prostrata
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Northern Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
flowers
7