Top native yams, colicroots, and allies
14 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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White-tubed Colicroot
Aletris farinosa
flowers
17
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Yellow Colicroot
Aletris lutea
flowers
5
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Wild Yam
Dioscorea villosa
flowers
1
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Golden Miller's-maid
Aletris aurea
flowers
1
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California Bog Asphodel
Narthecium californicum
flowers
1
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Bracted Colicroot
Aletris bracteata
flowers
1
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Goldencrest
Lophiola aurea
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Nodding Nixie
Apteria aphylla
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Southern Bluethread
Burmannia capitata
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Northern Bluethread
Burmannia biflora
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White Colic-root
Aletris obovata
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Yellow Asphodel
Narthecium americanum
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Four-leaved Yam
Dioscorea quaternata
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Fakahatchee Bluethread
Burmannia flava