Top native alum roots
29 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Crevice Alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
flowers
10
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Roundleaf Alumroot
Heuchera cylindrica
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
18
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Prairie Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
bees
2
flowers
12
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Coralbells
Heuchera sanguinea
bees
1
food
2
flowers
7
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Hairy Alumroot
Heuchera villosa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
29
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American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
bees
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Small-flowered Alumroot
Heuchera parviflora
bees
1
flowers
3
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White Alumroot
Heuchera alba
bees
1
flowers
3
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Missouri Alumroot
Heuchera missouriensis
bees
1
flowers
2
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Littleflower Alumroot
Heuchera puberula
bees
1
flowers
2
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Longflower Alumroot
Heuchera longiflora
bees
1
flowers
2
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Downy Alumroot
Heuchera pubescens
bees
1
flowers
2
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Island Alumroot
Heuchera maxima
food
2
flowers
5
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Seaside Alumroot
Heuchera pilosissima
flowers
28
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Pink Alumroot
Heuchera rubescens
flowers
6
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Littleleaf Alumroot
Heuchera parvifolia
flowers
6
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Alpine Alumroot
Heuchera glabra
flowers
5
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Urn-flowered Alumroot
Heuchera elegans
flowers
5
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Shaggy-haired Alumroot
Heuchera hirsutissima
flowers
5
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Green-flower Alumroot
Heuchera chlorantha
flowers
5
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Gooseberry-leaf Alumroot
Heuchera grossulariifolia
flowers
5
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Merriam's Alumroot
Heuchera merriamii
flowers
5
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Front Range Alumroot
Heuchera hallii
flowers
4
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Parish's Alumroot
Heuchera parishii
flowers
3
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Carolina Alumroot
Heuchera caroliniana
flowers
2
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Sandia Mountain Alumroot
Heuchera pulchella
flowers
1
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Tufted Alumroot
Heuchera caespitosa
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Laguna Mountains Alumroot
Heuchera brevistaminea
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Abrams' Alumroot
Heuchera abramsii