tribe
Loteae
Loteae
Field notes
The tribe Loteae is a subdivision of the plant family Fabaceae, in the Robinioids. These genera are recognized by the USDA:
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Loteae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Big Deervetch
Hosackia crassifolia
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
14
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Deerweed
Acmispon glaber
caterpillars
4
food
3
flowers
62
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Spanish Clover
Acmispon americanus
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
19
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Strigose Lotus
Acmispon strigosus
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
16
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Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon argophyllus
caterpillars
3
flowers
37
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Chile Trefoil
Acmispon wrangelianus
caterpillars
3
flowers
13
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Foothill Deervetch
Acmispon brachycarpus
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
13
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Wright's Deervetch
Acmispon wrightii
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
8
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Shrubby Deervetch
Acmispon rigidus
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
20
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Coastal Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon maritimus
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
13
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Nuttall's Acmispon
Acmispon prostratus
caterpillars
2
flowers
33
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Sierra Lotus
Acmispon decumbens
caterpillars
2
flowers
22
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Heermann's Lotus
Acmispon tomentosus
caterpillars
2
flowers
18
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Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil
Acmispon grandiflorus
caterpillars
2
flowers
15
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Island Broom
Acmispon dendroideus
caterpillars
2
flowers
15