Top native sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies
8 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
keystone
caterpillars
75
bees
23
hosts
2
food
28
flowers
220
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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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Bitter Fleabane
Erigeron acris
caterpillars
14
bees
10
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
156
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Large-flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
caterpillars
6
bees
17
food
3
flowers
104
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Large-leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
caterpillars
4
bees
7
hosts
3
food
1
flowers
53
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Straggler Daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
caterpillars
2
flowers
11
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False Daisy
Eclipta prostrata
caterpillars
1
flowers
3