Top native carrot family members
17 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
caterpillars
6
bees
2
food
3
flowers
207
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Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders
Zizia aptera
caterpillars
5
bees
2
flowers
15
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Water Hemlock
Cicuta maculata
caterpillars
5
food
11
flowers
186
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Purple-stemmed Angelica
Angelica atropurpurea
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
78
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Hairy-jointed Meadow-parsnip
Thaspium barbinode
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Ranger Buttons
Angelica capitellata
caterpillars
3
food
4
flowers
26
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Giant Angelica
Angelica ampla
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
7
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Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
caterpillars
2
food
19
flowers
286
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Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock
Cicuta bulbifera
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
14
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Mountain Angelica
Angelica triquinata
caterpillars
2
flowers
6
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Gray Springparsley
Cymopterus cinerarius
caterpillars
2
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Meadow-parsnip
Thaspium trifoliatum
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
1
flowers
42
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Prairie Parsley
Polytaenia nuttallii
caterpillars
1
flowers
54
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Leavenworth's Eryngo
Eryngium leavenworthii
caterpillars
1
flowers
33
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Texas Prairie Parsley
Polytaenia texana
food
12
flowers
11
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American Coinwort
Centella erecta
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Mountain Pimpernel
Taenidia montana