Top native chickweeds
15 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Longstalk Starwort
Stellaria longipes
caterpillars
11
food
6
flowers
17
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Long-leaved Starwort
Stellaria longifolia
caterpillars
5
food
7
flowers
41
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Boreal Starwort
Stellaria borealis
caterpillars
5
food
6
flowers
17
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Northern Starwort
Stellaria calycantha
caterpillars
5
food
4
flowers
11
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Bog Stitchwort
Stellaria alsine
caterpillars
4
food
11
flowers
14
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Star Chickweed
Stellaria pubera
caterpillars
4
food
4
flowers
32
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Tennessee Starwort
Stellaria corei
caterpillars
4
food
4
flowers
13
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Crisp Starwort
Stellaria crispa
caterpillars
4
food
4
flowers
12
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Shining Chickweed
Stellaria nitens
caterpillars
4
food
4
flowers
11
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Sitka Starwort
Stellaria sitchana
caterpillars
4
food
4
flowers
11
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Creeping Sandwort
Stellaria humifusa
caterpillars
3
food
5
flowers
11
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Colorado Starwort
Stellaria irrigua
caterpillars
2
food
5
flowers
10
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Beach Starwort
Stellaria littoralis
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
9
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Alaska Starwort
Stellaria alaskana
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
3
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Fleshy Stitchwort
Stellaria crassifolia