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Top native turtleheads

6 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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6 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 3 Dappled shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Moist 3 Wet 2

Soil

Loam 1 Clay 1 Organic 2

Soil pH

Neutral 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Wet soil 2

Form

Habit

Erect 2

Plant type

Wildflower 6 Perennial 5 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • White Turtlehead Chelone glabra caterpillars 4 hosts 1 flowers 20
  • Red Turtlehead Chelone obliqua caterpillars 3 hosts 1 flowers 3
  • Pink Turtlehead Chelone lyonii caterpillars 2 hosts 1 flowers 8
  • Cuthbert's Turtlehead Chelone cuthbertii caterpillars 2 hosts 1 flowers 2
  • Rose Turtlehead Chelone speciosa caterpillars 2 flowers 2
  • Erwin's Turtlehead Chelone erwiniae caterpillars 1 hosts 1 flowers 2

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