Top native Phaseoleae
36 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Thicket Bean
Phaseolus polystachios
keystone
caterpillars
37
food
6
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Slimjim Bean
Phaseolus filiformis
keystone
caterpillars
35
hosts
1
food
4
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Boerne Bean
Phaseolus texensis
caterpillars
28
food
3
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Tepary Bean
Phaseolus acutifolius
keystone
caterpillars
25
food
2
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Gray's Bean
Phaseolus grayanus
caterpillars
19
food
2
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American Hog-peanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata
caterpillars
8
food
1
flowers
18
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Wild Cowpea
Vigna luteola
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
23
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Eastern Coral Bean
Erythrina herbacea
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
3
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Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
13
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Pineland Butterfly Pea
Centrosema arenicola
caterpillars
4
flowers
4
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Least Snoutbean
Rhynchosia minima
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
1
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Pigeonwings
Clitoria mariana
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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American Groundnut
Apios americana
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
31
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Slickseed Fuzzybean
Strophostyles leiosperma
caterpillars
2
bees
1
flowers
14
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Texas Snoutbean
Rhynchosia senna
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Broad-leaf Snoutbean
Rhynchosia latifolia
caterpillars
2
food
2
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Sweetscented Pigeonwings
Clitoria fragrans
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Trailing Fuzzy-bean
Strophostyles helvola
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
1
flowers
42
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Doubleform Snoutbean
Rhynchosia difformis
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Dollarleaf
Rhynchosia reniformis
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Twining Snoutbean
Rhynchosia tomentosa
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Brownhair Snoutbean
Rhynchosia cinerea
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Rosary Snoutbean
Rhynchosia precatoria
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Purple Bush-Bean
Macroptilium atropurpureum
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Horseeye Bean
Mucuna sloanei
caterpillars
1
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Wild Pea
Leptospron adenanthum
caterpillars
1
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Perennial Wooly Bean
Strophostyles umbellata
bees
1
flowers
11
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Swartz's Snoutbean
Rhynchosia swartzii
food
2
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Variableleaf Bushbean
Macroptilium gibbosifolium
flowers
7
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Traveler's Delight
Apios priceana
flowers
3
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Wiliwili
Erythrina sandwicensis
flowers
1
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Beach Pea
Vigna marina
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Burny Bean
Mucuna gigantea
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Nuku ’I’iwi
Strongylodon ruber
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Hawaii Wild Bean
Vigna owahuensis
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Sonoran Bean
Phaseolus pedicellatus