Top native water-lilies
7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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American White Waterlily
Nymphaea odorata
caterpillars
10
bees
1
food
15
flowers
10
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Tropical Royalblue Waterlily
Nymphaea elegans
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
1
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Yellow Waterlily
Nymphaea mexicana
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Dotleaf Waterlily
Nymphaea ampla
caterpillars
4
bees
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Jameson's Waterlily
Nymphaea jamesoniana
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Dwarf Water-lily
Nymphaea leibergii
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Pygmy Water-lily
Nymphaea tetragona
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2