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Top native carrot family members

8 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 5 Part shade 5

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1 Moist 3 Wet 1

Water use

Low 4 Medium 5 High 3

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Deer resistant

Yes 3

Resists

Rabbits 1 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 1 Erect 1

Plant type

Wildflower 8 Perennial 7 Annual 1
  • Purple-stemmed Angelica Angelica atropurpurea caterpillars 5 food 2 flowers 78
  • Fernleaf Biscuitroot Lomatium dissectum caterpillars 4 food 4 flowers 20
  • Ternate Desert-parsley Lomatium triternatum caterpillars 3 food 4 flowers 41
  • Blunt-fruited Sweet-cicely Osmorhiza depauperata caterpillars 3 flowers 1
  • Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium caterpillars 2 food 19 flowers 286
  • Gray Springparsley Cymopterus cinerarius caterpillars 2
  • Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngium leavenworthii caterpillars 1 flowers 33
  • Texas Prairie Parsley Polytaenia texana food 12 flowers 11

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