subtribe
Microseridinae
Microseridinae
Field notes
Children
- Wirelettuces 13 native
- Desert Dandelions 12 native
- Silverpuffs 11 native
- Mountain Dandelions 10 native
- Dwarf Dandelions 6 native
- Skeletonplant 4 native
- False Agoseris 3 native
- Glyptopleura 2 native
- Plumeseeds 2 native
- Desert-chicories 2 native
- Calycoseris 2 native
- Atrichoseris 1 native
- Stebbinsoseris 1 native
- False-silverpuffs 1 native
- Pleiacanthus 1 native
- Prenanthella 1 native
- Munzothamnus 1 native
- Scale Bud 1 native
- Chaetadelpha 1 native
- Shinnersoseris
- Pinaropappus
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Microseridinae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Brownplume Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria pauciflora
caterpillars
4
bees
7
food
1
flowers
20
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Small Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria exigua
caterpillars
3
bees
7
flowers
34
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Narrow-leaved Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria tenuifolia
caterpillars
3
bees
6
flowers
22
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Rod Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria virgata
caterpillars
3
bees
5
food
1
flowers
19
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San Diego Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria diegensis
caterpillars
3
bees
5
flowers
50
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Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
caterpillars
3
bees
5
flowers
24
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Silver Rock-lettuce
Stephanomeria cichoriacea
caterpillars
3
bees
5
flowers
18
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Parry's Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria parryi
caterpillars
3
bees
5
flowers
16
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California Desertdandelion
Malacothrix californica
caterpillars
2
bees
4
flowers
3
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Woolly Desertdandelion
Malacothrix floccifera
caterpillars
2
bees
4
flowers
2
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Santa Barbara Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria elata
caterpillars
2
bees
3
flowers
16
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Tufted Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria paniculata
caterpillars
2
bees
3
flowers
15
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Lettuce Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria lactucina
caterpillars
2
bees
2
flowers
14
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Desert Chicory
Rafinesquia neomexicana
caterpillars
2
bees
2
flowers
13
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Sowthistle Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix sonchoides
caterpillars
1
bees
5
flowers
4