Top native primrose family members
93 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
caterpillars
5
bees
4
flowers
27
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Tufted Loosestrife
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
caterpillars
3
bees
4
food
1
flowers
5
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Lowland Loosestrife
Lysimachia hybrida
caterpillars
3
bees
4
flowers
3
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Northern Starflower
Lysimachia borealis
caterpillars
3
bees
3
food
1
flowers
7
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Swamp Candles
Lysimachia terrestris
caterpillars
3
bees
3
flowers
14
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Whorled Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia
caterpillars
3
bees
3
flowers
3
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Narrow-leaved Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora
caterpillars
2
bees
3
food
1
flowers
14
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Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
caterpillars
2
bees
3
flowers
25
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Sea Milkwort
Lysimachia maritima
caterpillars
2
bees
1
flowers
5
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Colicwood
Myrsine cubana
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
1
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Henderson's Shooting Star
Primula hendersonii
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
3
flowers
12
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Dark-throated Shooting Star
Primula pauciflora
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
13
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Sierra Shooting Star
Primula jeffreyi
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
10
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Padre's Shooting Star
Primula clevelandii
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
8
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Alpine Shooting Star
Primula tetrandra
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
8
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Bonneville Shooting Star
Primula conjugens
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
8
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Scented Shooting Star
Primula fragrans
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
7
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Parry's Primrose
Primula parryi
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
4
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Sierra Primrose
Primula suffrutescens
caterpillars
1
hosts
2
food
1
flowers
4
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Chaffweed
Lysimachia minima
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Western Starflower
Lysimachia latifolia
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Eastern Shooting Star
Primula meadia
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
32
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Amethyst Shooting Star
Primula fassettii
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
2
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Arctic Starflower
Lysimachia europaea
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
1
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White Shootingstar
Primula latiloba
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Pygmy-flower Rock-jasmine
Androsace septentrionalis
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Marlberry
Ardisia escallonioides
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Kōlea Lau Nui
Myrsine lessertiana
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Poet's Shooting Star
Primula poetica
caterpillars
1
flowers
7
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Cusick's Primrose
Primula cusickiana
caterpillars
1
flowers
4
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Mistassini Primrose
Primula mistassinica
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Alpine Primrose
Primula angustifolia
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Southern Yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia tonsa
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Silvery Primrose
Primula incana
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Wedge-leaf Primrose
Primula cuneifolia
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Chukchi Primrose
Primula tschuktschorum
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Mountain Douglasia
Androsace montana
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Cliff Douglasia
Androsace laevigata
caterpillars
1
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Western Rock-jasmine
Androsace occidentalis
caterpillars
1
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Lehmann's Rockjasmine
Androsace lehmanniana
caterpillars
1
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Snow Dwarf Primrose
Androsace nivalis
caterpillars
1
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Slender-stemmed Androsace
Androsace filiformis
caterpillars
1
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Gorman's Douglasia
Androsace constancei
caterpillars
1
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Lysimachia hillebrandii
caterpillars
1
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French's Shooting Star
Primula frenchii
hosts
1
flowers
2
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Nevada Primrose
Primula nevadensis
hosts
1
flowers
2
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Roughleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia asperulifolia
flowers
4
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Trailing Yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia radicans
flowers
3
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Fraser's Yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia fraseri
flowers
3
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Lewis' Yellow-loosestrife
Lysimachia lewisii
flowers
3