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Top native sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies

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

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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 5 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 3 Moist 3 Wet 2

Water use

Low 1 Medium 2

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 4 Loam 3 Clay 3 Organic 2

Soil pH

Acid 3 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Deer resistant

Yes 3

Resists

Heavy shade 2 Salt 2 Wet soil 2 Dry soil 1 Fire 1 Foot traffic 1 Heat 1 Humidity 1 Pollution 1 Rabbits 1

Form

Habit

Erect 136 Clumping 71 Spreading 21 Mounding 12 Multi stemmed 10 Ascending 9 Dense 8 Arching 6 Creeping 6 Rounded 6 Horizontal 5 Prostrate 4 Cascading 3 Open 2 Vase 2 Broad 1 Climbing 1 Irregular 1 Multi trunked 1 Oval 1 Pyramidal 1

Plant type

Herbaceous perennial 4 Wildflower 4 Ground cover 3 Perennial 1 Water plant 1
  • Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed Eutrochium dubium caterpillars 13 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 157
  • Narrowleaf Silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia caterpillars 3 bees 9 flowers 30
  • Straggler Daisy Calyptocarpus vialis caterpillars 2 flowers 11
  • Little Floatingheart Nymphoides cordata caterpillars 1 food 1
  • Northern Green-and-gold Chrysogonum virginianum flowers 7

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