Top native lythrum family members
16 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Swamp Loosestrife
Decodon verticillatus
caterpillars
6
food
2
flowers
24
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Winged Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
66
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California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
17
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Wand Loosestrife
Lythrum lineare
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Blue Waxweed
Cuphea viscosissima
caterpillars
1
flowers
25
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Florida Loosestrife
Lythrum flagellare
caterpillars
1
flowers
5
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Scarlet Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea
food
2
flowers
27
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Stiffhair Waxweed
Cuphea strigulosa
flowers
5
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Tropical Waxweed
Cuphea aspera
flowers
5
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Sun Opener
Heimia salicifolia
flowers
1
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Toothcup
Rotala ramosior
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Pink Redstem
Ammannia latifolia
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Grand Ammannia
Ammannia robusta
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Pukamole
Lythrum maritimum
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Water-purslane
Didiplis diandra
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Stalkflower
Ammannia grayi