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Top native sunflower family members

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

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Wet 2

Water use

Medium 1

Soil

Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Neutral 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Dry soil 1 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Climbing 1 Erect 1 Irregular 1

Plant type

Wildflower 1,460 Perennial 1,240 Annual 390 Shrub 236 Herbaceous perennial 128 Ground cover 26 Weed 13 Tree 12 Vine 8 Poisonous 5 Bulb 2 Edible 2 Herb 2 Vegetable 2
  • Climbing Hempvine Mikania scandens caterpillars 3 hosts 1 food 3 flowers 98
  • Florida Keys Hempvine Mikania cordifolia caterpillars 2 flowers 13
  • Climbing Aster Ampelaster carolinianus food 2 flowers 36
  • Tamaulipan Spring Mistflower Tamaulipa azurea flowers 3
  • Cosmosflower Beggarticks Bidens cosmoides
  • Koholapehu Dubautia latifolia
  • Kauai Remya Remya kauaiensis
  • Dubautia pauciflorula

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