Top native blazingstars
56 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Giant Blazingstar
Mentzelia laevicaulis
caterpillars
1
bees
5
flowers
12
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Adonis Blazingstar
Mentzelia multiflora
caterpillars
1
bees
3
flowers
7
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Ten-petal Stickleaf
Mentzelia decapetala
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
3
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Whitestem Blazingstar
Mentzelia albicaulis
bees
6
flowers
12
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Bushy Blazingstar
Mentzelia dispersa
bees
6
flowers
4
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Many-flowered Mentzelia
Mentzelia longiloba
bees
5
flowers
5
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Veatch's Blazingstar
Mentzelia veatchiana
bees
3
hosts
1
flowers
4
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Mountain Stickleaf
Mentzelia montana
bees
4
flowers
4
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Lindley's Blazingstar
Mentzelia lindleyi
bees
2
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
7
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Sand Blazingstar
Mentzelia involucrata
bees
3
flowers
11
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Shining Blazingstar
Mentzelia nitens
bees
3
flowers
4
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Reflexed Blazingstar
Mentzelia reflexa
bees
3
flowers
4
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Hairy Stickleaf
Mentzelia hirsutissima
bees
2
food
1
flowers
3
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San Luis Blazingstar
Mentzelia micrantha
bees
2
flowers
5
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Spiny-hair Blazing Star
Mentzelia tricuspis
bees
2
flowers
4
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Yellowcomet
Mentzelia affinis
bees
2
flowers
4
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Flower Baskets
Mentzelia congesta
bees
2
flowers
4
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Ash Meadows Blazing Star
Mentzelia leucophylla
bees
2
flowers
4
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Desert Blazingstar
Mentzelia desertorum
bees
2
flowers
4
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Virgin Blazingstar
Mentzelia integra
bees
2
flowers
4
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Darlington's Blazing Star
Mentzelia puberula
bees
2
flowers
4
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Pacific Blazing Star
Mentzelia obscura
bees
2
flowers
4
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Grass Blazingstar
Mentzelia ravenii
bees
2
flowers
4
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Torrey's Blazing Star
Mentzelia torreyi
bees
1
flowers
4
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Rusby's Blazingstar
Mentzelia rusbyi
bees
1
flowers
3
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Stick-Leaf
Mentzelia oligosperma
bees
1
flowers
2
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Grass Blazingstar
Mentzelia gracilenta
food
1
flowers
3
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San Joaquin Blazingstar
Mentzelia pectinata
flowers
3
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Sunset Crater Blazingstar
Mentzelia collomiae
flowers
3
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Poorman's Patch
Mentzelia floridana
flowers
2
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Jemez Mountains Blazingstar
Mentzelia todiltoensis
flowers
2
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Santa Fe Blazingstar
Mentzelia springeri
flowers
2
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Uintah Blazingstar
Mentzelia uintahensis
flowers
2
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Packard's Blazingstar
Mentzelia packardiae
flowers
1
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Argus Blazingstar
Mentzelia oreophila
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Sierra Blazingstar
Mentzelia crocea
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Jones' Blazingstar
Mentzelia jonesii
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Creamy Blazing Star
Mentzelia tridentata
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Solitary Blazing Star
Mentzelia eremophila
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Wing-seed Blazing Star
Mentzelia pterosperma
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Smooth Stickleaf
Mentzelia mollis
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Polished Blazing Star
Mentzelia polita
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Cronquist's Blazingstar
Mentzelia cronquistii
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Candelaria Blazingstar
Mentzelia candelariae
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Thompson's Stickleaf
Mentzelia thompsonii
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Sivinski's Blazingstar
Mentzelia sivinskii
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9/11 Blazingstar
Mentzelia memorabilis
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Clay Blazing-Star
Mentzelia argillosa
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Inyo Blazing Star
Mentzelia inyoensis
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Tiehm's Blazingstar
Mentzelia tiehmii