Top native sunflower family members
5 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Round-leaved Boneset
Eupatorium rotundifolium
caterpillars
32
hosts
1
food
9
flowers
123
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Hollow Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
caterpillars
13
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
157
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Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
196
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Slender Goldentop
Euthamia caroliniana
caterpillars
1
bees
8
hosts
4
food
2
flowers
93
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Northern Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
flowers
7