Top native verbena family members
43 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
caterpillars
10
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
198
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White Vervain
Verbena urticifolia
caterpillars
10
bees
1
hosts
1
food
9
flowers
123
shelter
2
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Bigbract Verbena
Verbena bracteata
caterpillars
8
bees
1
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
109
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Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
caterpillars
8
bees
1
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
177
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Narrowleaf Vervain
Verbena simplex
caterpillars
7
bees
1
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
101
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Texas Vervain
Verbena halei
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
75
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Sandpaper Vervain
Verbena scabra
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
59
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Carolina Vervain
Verbena carnea
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
58
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Woolly Vervain
Verbena canescens
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
54
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Hillside Vervain
Verbena neomexicana
caterpillars
6
food
6
flowers
50
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MacDougal Verbena
Verbena macdougalii
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
56
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Mint Vervain
Verbena menthifolia
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
42
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Lanceleaf Frogfruit
Phyla lanceolata
caterpillars
5
food
3
flowers
62
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Texas Lantana
Lantana urticoides
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
11
flowers
141
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Brushland Lantana
Lantana achyranthifolia
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
11
flowers
118
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Western Vervain
Verbena lasiostachys
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
58
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Velvet Lantana
Lantana velutina
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
102
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Hammock Shrub Verbena
Lantana canescens
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
5
flowers
94
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Turkey Tangle Frogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
caterpillars
4
food
7
flowers
138
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Bushy Lippia
Lippia alba
caterpillars
4
flowers
4
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Southern Fogfruit
Lippia stoechadifolia
caterpillars
4
flowers
3
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Fort Huachuca Vervain
Verbena gracilis
caterpillars
3
food
6
flowers
32
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Pineland Lantana
Lantana depressa
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
82
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Button Sage
Lantana involucrata
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
74
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Blue Porterweed
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
47
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Spiny Fiddlewood
Citharexylum spinosum
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Berlandier's Fiddlewood
Citharexylum berlandieri
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
11
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Wedgeleaf Frogfruit
Phyla cuneifolia
caterpillars
1
flowers
19
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Wright's Beebrush
Aloysia wrightii
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
food
3
flowers
27
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Southwestern Mock Vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
food
1
flowers
5
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Whitebrush
Aloysia gratissima
flowers
15
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Catstongue
Priva lappulacea
flowers
12
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Rose Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
flowers
11
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Tampa Mock-vervain
Glandularia tampensis
flowers
7
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Dwarf Verbena
Glandularia pumila
flowers
3
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Sweet Stem
Aloysia macrostachya
flowers
2
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Coastal Mock Vervain
Glandularia maritima
flowers
1
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Broad-Lobe Mock Vervain
Glandularia latilobata
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Plains Mock Vervain
Glandularia tumidula
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Mission Fiddlewood
Citharexylum brachyanthum
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Bouchea linifolia
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Red Hills Vervain
Verbena californica