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Top native sidas

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

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 1 Wet 1

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1 Alkaline 1

Form

Habit

Erect 1

Plant type

Perennial 5 Wildflower 4 Annual 3 Shrub 2 Herbaceous perennial 1 Tree 1 Weed 1
  • Prickly Fanpetals Sida spinosa caterpillars 13 hosts 1 food 2 flowers 38
  • Spinyhead Sida Sida acuta caterpillars 8 hosts 1 flowers 19
  • Common Fanpetals Sida ulmifolia caterpillars 7 hosts 1 flowers 23
  • Bracted Fanpetals Sida ciliaris caterpillars 7 hosts 1 flowers 15
  • Spreading Sida Sida abutilifolia caterpillars 4 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 12
  • Elliott's Sida Sida elliottii caterpillars 4 hosts 1 flowers 10
  • Yellow ʻilima Sida fallax caterpillars 3 flowers 1
  • Florida Sida Sida littoralis

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