Top native hedgenettles
27 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Bugle Hedgenettle
Stachys ajugoides
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
22
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Coastal Hedge-nettle
Stachys chamissonis
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
25
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California Hedge Nettle
Stachys bullata
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
27
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Rough Hedgenettle
Stachys rigida
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
25
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Florida Hedgenettle
Stachys floridana
caterpillars
4
flowers
23
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Whitestem Hedgenettle
Stachys albens
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
23
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Mexican Hedgenettle
Stachys mexicana
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
21
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Short-spiked Hedge Nettle
Stachys pycnantha
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
18
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Sonoma Hedgenettle
Stachys stricta
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
18
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Mousesear
Stachys crenata
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
14
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Prairie Woundwort
Stachys pilosa
caterpillars
3
flowers
29
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Smooth Hedgenettle
Stachys tenuifolia
caterpillars
3
flowers
22
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Marsh Hedge Nettle
Stachys hispida
caterpillars
3
flowers
19
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Hyssop-leaved Hedge-nettle
Stachys hyssopifolia
caterpillars
3
flowers
17
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Broadtooth Hedgenettle
Stachys latidens
caterpillars
3
flowers
15
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Heartleaf Hedgenettle
Stachys nuttallii
caterpillars
3
flowers
14
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Hyssopleaf Hedgenettle
Stachys aspera
caterpillars
3
flowers
14
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Clingman's Hedgenettle
Stachys clingmanii
caterpillars
3
flowers
14
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Epling's Hedge-Nettle
Stachys eplingii
caterpillars
3
flowers
14
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Carolina Hedgenettle
Stachys caroliniana
caterpillars
2
flowers
7
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Stebbins' Hedgenettle
Stachys stebbinsii
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
19
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Yadkin Hedge-nettle
Stachys matthewsii
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Stachys rothrockii
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Alabama Hedge-nettle
Stachys alabamica
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Appalachian Hedge-nettle
Stachys appalachiana
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Nelson's Hedgenettle
Stachys nelsonii
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Berg's Hedgenettle
Stachys bergii