Top native sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies
55 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
caterpillars
12
hosts
16
food
22
flowers
40
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Snowfield Sagebrush
Artemisia spiciformis
caterpillars
8
hosts
5
food
6
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California Broomsage
Lepidospartum squamatum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
62
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Plantainleaf Dubautia
Dubautia plantaginea
caterpillars
1
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Lanai Hesperomannia
Hesperomannia arborescens
caterpillars
1
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‘Ōhā Kēpau
Clermontia hawaiiensis
food
1
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Schott's Pygmycedar
Peucephyllum schottii
flowers
12
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Maui Island-aster
Hesperomannia arbuscula
flowers
2
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Pear Clermontia
Clermontia pyrularia
flowers
1
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Clermontia lindseyana
flowers
1
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Naupaka Kuahiwi
Scaevola gaudichaudiana
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'Ōhā Wai
Clermontia parviflora
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Naupaka Kuahiwi
Scaevola chamissoniana
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Hāhā'aiakamanu
Clermontia fauriei
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Forest Naupaka
Scaevola procera
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Clermontia kakeana
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Hāhālua
Cyanea leptostegia
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Pele Clermontia
Clermontia peleana
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'Ōhā Wai Nui
Clermontia arborescens
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Kauai Cyanea
Cyanea fissa
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Cyanea pilosa
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Oahu Clermontia
Clermontia oblongifolia
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Knudsen's Dubautia
Dubautia knudsenii
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Tree Dubautia
Dubautia arborea
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Hāhā-nui
Cyanea horrida
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Clermontia montis-loa
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Clermontia grandiflora
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Hāhā
Cyanea macrostegia
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Hāhā 'Ai a Kamanu
Clermontia clermontioides
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Cyanea kunthiana
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Haleakala Clermontia
Clermontia tuberculata
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Cyanea floribunda
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Kohala Oha Wai
Clermontia kohalae
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Clermontia micrantha
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Cyanea stictophylla
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Cyanea kuhihewa
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Superb Cyanea
Cyanea superba
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Trematolobelia wimmeri
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Prickly-flower Cyanea
Cyanea aculeatiflora
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`Aku
Cyanea tritomantha
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Cyanea hamatiflora
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Net-veined Dubautia
Dubautia reticulata
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Pua-kala
Cyanea solenocalyx
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Kauai Dubautia
Dubautia microcephala
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Kauai Island-aster
Hesperomannia lydgatei
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Clermontia pallida
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Clermontia persicifolia
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Kohala Clermontia
Clermontia drepanomorpha
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Clermontia waimeae
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Plateau Cyanea
Cyanea rivularis