Top native nightshades
24 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Silverleaf Nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
caterpillars
37
bees
1
hosts
2
food
21
flowers
38
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American Black Nightshade
Solanum americanum
caterpillars
36
bees
1
hosts
2
food
34
flowers
22
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Carolina Horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
caterpillars
35
hosts
3
food
23
flowers
36
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Eastern Black Nightshade
Solanum emulans
caterpillars
34
bees
1
hosts
1
food
20
flowers
18
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Buffalo-bur
Solanum rostratum
caterpillars
33
bees
1
hosts
1
food
19
flowers
16
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Western Horsenettle
Solanum dimidiatum
caterpillars
30
bees
1
hosts
1
food
17
flowers
12
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Potato Tree
Solanum erianthum
caterpillars
28
hosts
1
food
20
flowers
12
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Cockroach Berry
Solanum capsicoides
caterpillars
26
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
6
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Glowing Nightshade
Solanum pseudogracile
caterpillars
24
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
6
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Greenspot Nightshade
Solanum douglasii
caterpillars
23
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
15
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Purple Nightshade
Solanum xanti
caterpillars
23
hosts
2
food
20
flowers
21
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Wild Potato
Solanum jamesii
caterpillars
23
bees
1
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
12
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Melonleaf Horsenettle
Solanum heterodoxum
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
12
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Bluewitch Nightshade
Solanum umbelliferum
caterpillars
21
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
9
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Mullein Nightshade
Solanum donianum
caterpillars
21
food
13
flowers
4
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Parish's Nightshade
Solanum parishii
caterpillars
18
hosts
2
food
12
flowers
12
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Inland Nightshade
Solanum interius
caterpillars
18
hosts
1
food
15
flowers
12
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Solanum setigeroides
caterpillars
14
bees
1
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
9
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Pōpoloʻaiakeakua
Solanum sandwicense
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Dark Nightshade
Solanum opacum
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Nelson's Horsenettle
Solanum nelsonii
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Ochlockonee Groundcherry
Solanum perplexum
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Thorny Popolo
Solanum incompletum
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Solanum caumii