family
Phlox Family
Polemoniaceae
Field notes
Children
- Phloxes 42 native
- Gilias 31 native
- Pincushion Plants 30 native
- Desert-trumpets 25 native
- Aliciella 18 native
- Linanthus 17 native
- Jacob's Ladders 16 native
- Woollystars 13 native
- Skyrockets 13 native
- Trumpets 10 native
- Allophyllum 4 native
- Loeseliastrum 3 native
- Woodland Gilias 3 native
- Gymnosteris 2 native
- Dayia 1 native
- Sunbonnets 1 native
- Microgilia 1 native
- Giliastrum 1 native
- Phlox 1 native
- Gilia 1 native
- Acanthogilia
- Cobaea
- Cantua
- Loeselia
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native phlox family members All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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California Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
12
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Showy Gilia
Gilia cana
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
4
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Showy Phlox
Phlox speciosa
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
20
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Bird's-eye Gilia
Gilia tricolor
caterpillars
2
food
6
flowers
22
-
Fall Phlox
Phlox paniculata
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
102
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Bluehead Gilia
Gilia capitata
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
85
-
Spiny Phlox
Phlox hoodii
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
47
-
Shy Gilia
Gilia inconspicua
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
12
-
Star Gilia
Gilia stellata
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
-
Nevada Gilia
Gilia brecciarum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
-
Clokey's Gilia
Gilia clokeyi
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
-
Rosy Gilia
Gilia sinuata
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
-
El Paso Gilia
Gilia mexicana
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
6
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Chaparral Gilia
Gilia angelensis
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5
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Purplespot Gilia
Gilia clivorum
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
5