family
Mint Family
Lamiaceae
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native mint family members All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Canada Mint
Mentha canadensis
caterpillars
13
hosts
2
food
5
flowers
115
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
caterpillars
10
bees
3
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
320
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Heart-leaved Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
flowers
37
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Bugle Hedgenettle
Stachys ajugoides
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
22
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Black Sage
Salvia mellifera
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
2
food
11
flowers
130
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Purple Sage
Salvia leucophylla
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
2
food
10
flowers
109
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Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
2
food
10
flowers
96
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Spotted Horsemint
Monarda punctata
caterpillars
4
bees
3
food
2
flowers
211
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Scarlet Beebalm
Monarda didyma
caterpillars
4
bees
3
flowers
120
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Purple Bergamot
Monarda media
caterpillars
4
bees
3
flowers
71
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White Bergamot
Monarda clinopodia
caterpillars
4
bees
2
flowers
70
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Coyote Mint
Monardella villosa
caterpillars
4
bees
1
food
8
flowers
77
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Coastal Hedge-nettle
Stachys chamissonis
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
25
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Marsh Skullcap
Scutellaria galericulata
caterpillars
4
food
6
flowers
12
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California Hedge Nettle
Stachys bullata
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
27