Top native buttercup family members
239 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Tall Meadow-rue
Thalictrum pubescens
caterpillars
13
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
22
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Western White Clematis
Clematis ligusticifolia
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
66
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Purple Meadow-rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
21
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Rue Anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
42
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Early Meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Waxy Meadow-rue
Thalictrum revolutum
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Mountain Meadow-rue
Thalictrum clavatum
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Veiny Meadow-rue
Thalictrum venulosum
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Leathery Meadow-rue
Thalictrum coriaceum
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Purple Clematis
Clematis occidentalis
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
18
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Hairy Clematis
Clematis hirsutissima
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
12
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Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
38
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Blue Clematis
Clematis columbiana
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
15
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Virgin's-bower
Clematis virginiana
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
59
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Vase-vine Leatherflower
Clematis viorna
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
16
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Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
14
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Netleaf Leather Flower
Clematis reticulata
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Pitcher's Leatherflower
Clematis pitcheri
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
29
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Western Meadow-rue
Thalictrum occidentale
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
5
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Pipestem Clematis
Clematis lasiantha
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
6
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Fendler's Meadow-rue
Thalictrum fendleri
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
2
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Fewflower Meadow-rue
Thalictrum sparsiflorum
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
1
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Curlyheads
Clematis ochroleuca
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Coastal Virgin's-bower
Clematis catesbyana
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
13
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Whitehair Leatherflower
Clematis albicoma
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
13
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Old Man's Beard Clematis
Clematis drummondii
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
25
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Torrey's Meadow Rue
Thalictrum polycarpum
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
1
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Alpine Meadow-rue
Thalictrum alpinum
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
1
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White Leaf Leather Flower
Clematis glaucophylla
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
8
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Fremont’s Leather Flower
Clematis fremontii
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Pale Leather Flower
Clematis versicolor
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Clematis cumberlandensis
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Morefield's Leather Flower
Clematis morefieldii
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
7
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Weak Stem Leather Flower
Clematis flaccida
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
6
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Alabama Leather Flower
Clematis socialis
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
5
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Southern California Clematis
Clematis pauciflora
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Scarlet Leather Flower
Clematis texensis
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Bigelow's Leatherflower
Clematis bigelovii
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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Northern Blue Monkshood
Aconitum noveboracense
caterpillars
3
flowers
1
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Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
23
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Golden Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
14
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Wild Blue Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
30
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Royal Larkspur
Delphinium variegatum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
19
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Carrizo Leatherflower
Clematis carrizoensis
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
6
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Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
5
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Dwarf Larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
caterpillars
2
flowers
37
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Tall Larkspur
Delphinium exaltatum
caterpillars
2
flowers
21
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Columbian Monkshood
Aconitum columbianum
caterpillars
2
flowers
12
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Trelease's Larkspur
Delphinium treleasei
caterpillars
2
flowers
10
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Southern Blue Monkshood
Aconitum uncinatum
caterpillars
2
flowers
1