Top native sunflower family members
236 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Singlewhorl Burrobrush
Ambrosia monogyra
caterpillars
19
hosts
1
food
25
flowers
1
shelter
2
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Groundsel Tree
Baccharis halimifolia
caterpillars
17
bees
9
hosts
6
food
7
flowers
80
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Yellow Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
caterpillars
15
bees
20
hosts
8
food
5
flowers
77
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Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
caterpillars
12
hosts
16
food
22
flowers
40
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Poverty Weed
Baccharis neglecta
caterpillars
12
bees
6
hosts
4
food
6
flowers
39
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Greene's Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus greenei
caterpillars
12
bees
10
flowers
37
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Burrobush
Ambrosia dumosa
caterpillars
12
hosts
3
food
21
flowers
18
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Streaked Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia linearis
caterpillars
12
food
22
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Longflower Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus depressus
caterpillars
11
bees
10
hosts
1
flowers
39
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California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
caterpillars
11
hosts
7
food
14
flowers
17
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Vasey's Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus vaseyi
caterpillars
11
bees
7
flowers
19
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Sand Sagebrush
Artemisia filifolia
caterpillars
11
hosts
5
food
13
flowers
3
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Black Sagebrush
Artemisia nova
caterpillars
10
hosts
6
food
12
flowers
1
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Fringed Sagebrush
Artemisia frigida
caterpillars
10
hosts
5
food
13
flowers
2
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Silver Beachweed
Ambrosia chamissonis
caterpillars
10
hosts
1
food
21
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Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis
caterpillars
9
bees
2
hosts
6
food
42
flowers
121
shelter
1
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Silver Sagebrush
Artemisia cana
caterpillars
9
hosts
7
food
14
flowers
7
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Coastal Sagewort
Artemisia pycnocephala
caterpillars
9
hosts
6
food
10
flowers
2
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Vanclevea
Chrysothamnus stylosus
caterpillars
9
bees
6
flowers
16
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Threetip Sagebrush
Artemisia tripartita
caterpillars
9
hosts
5
food
8
flowers
1
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Bud Sagebrush
Artemisia spinescens
caterpillars
8
hosts
6
food
9
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Low Sagebrush
Artemisia arbuscula
caterpillars
8
hosts
6
food
8
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Spindly Goldenbush
Chrysothamnus scopulorum
caterpillars
8
bees
5
hosts
1
flowers
15
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Snowfield Sagebrush
Artemisia spiciformis
caterpillars
8
hosts
5
food
6
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Timberline Sagebrush
Artemisia rothrockii
caterpillars
8
hosts
5
food
4
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Woolly Bursage
Ambrosia eriocentra
caterpillars
8
food
17
flowers
1
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Guayule
Parthenium argentatum
caterpillars
8
flowers
2
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Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
caterpillars
7
bees
22
hosts
12
food
22
flowers
289
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Bigelow Sagebrush
Artemisia bigelovii
caterpillars
7
hosts
5
food
8
flowers
1
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Gray Chickensage
Artemisia albicans
caterpillars
7
hosts
5
food
4
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Big Bursage
Ambrosia ambrosioides
caterpillars
7
hosts
4
food
20
flowers
4
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Birdfoot Sagebrush
Artemisia pedatifida
caterpillars
7
hosts
3
food
2
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Truckee Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus humilis
caterpillars
7
bees
3
flowers
12
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Desert Broom
Baccharis sarothroides
caterpillars
6
bees
5
hosts
3
food
28
flowers
140
shelter
1
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Island Senecio
Senecio lyonii
caterpillars
6
bees
6
food
5
flowers
22
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Longleaf Wormwood
Artemisia longifolia
caterpillars
6
hosts
3
food
3
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Boreal Sagebrush
Artemisia arctica
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
2
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San Diego Bursage
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
caterpillars
6
food
17
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Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
caterpillars
5
bees
18
hosts
2
food
7
flowers
89
shelter
1
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Mule Fat
Baccharis salicifolia
caterpillars
5
bees
5
hosts
6
food
15
flowers
105
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Willow Baccharis
Baccharis salicina
caterpillars
5
bees
7
hosts
4
food
9
flowers
50
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Scabland Sagebrush
Artemisia rigida
caterpillars
5
hosts
5
food
5
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Owyhee Sagebrush
Artemisia papposa
caterpillars
5
hosts
5
food
5
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San Diego Sagewort
Artemisia palmeri
caterpillars
5
hosts
4
food
5
flowers
3
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California Brickellbush
Brickellia californica
caterpillars
5
bees
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Holly-leaved Bursage
Ambrosia ilicifolia
caterpillars
5
food
17
flowers
1
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Black-banded Rabbitbrush
Ericameria paniculata
caterpillars
4
bees
12
hosts
7
flowers
63
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Narrowleaf Goldenbush
Ericameria linearifolia
caterpillars
4
bees
11
hosts
7
food
8
flowers
70
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Sticky Snakeweed
Gutierrezia microcephala
caterpillars
4
bees
13
hosts
2
food
2
flowers
35
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Desert Baccharis
Baccharis sergiloides
caterpillars
4
bees
5
hosts
4
food
8
flowers
42