Top native sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
keystone
caterpillars
77
bees
24
hosts
5
food
15
flowers
260
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Sky Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
keystone
caterpillars
74
bees
21
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
224
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Pale Sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus
keystone
caterpillars
50
bees
36
hosts
4
food
43
flowers
142
shelter
1
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Large-leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
caterpillars
4
bees
7
hosts
3
food
1
flowers
53
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White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
caterpillars
4
bees
8
hosts
2
flowers
79
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Singlehead Pussytoes
Antennaria solitaria
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
flowers
18
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Southern Harebell
Campanula divaricata
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
12
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Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
91
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Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
77
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Tall Rattlesnake Root
Nabalus altissimus
hosts
1
flowers
4