Top native Microseridinae
77 species, 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
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Snake's-head
Malacothrix coulteri
caterpillars
1
bees
5
flowers
2
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Stebbins' Desertdandelion
Malacothrix stebbinsii
caterpillars
1
bees
5
flowers
2
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Cliff Aster
Malacothrix saxatilis
caterpillars
1
bees
4
food
3
flowers
36
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Cleveland's Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix clevelandii
caterpillars
1
bees
4
flowers
2
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Fendler's Desertdandelion
Malacothrix fendleri
caterpillars
1
bees
3
flowers
16
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Smallflower Desert-chicory
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus
caterpillars
1
bees
2
food
1
flowers
12
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Annual Agoseris
Agoseris heterophylla
caterpillars
1
bees
2
food
1
flowers
9
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Carolina Desert-chicory
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
caterpillars
1
bees
2
flowers
14
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Dunedelion
Malacothrix incana
caterpillars
1
bees
2
flowers
7
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Leafy Desertdandelion
Malacothrix foliosa
caterpillars
1
bees
2
flowers
2
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Torrey's Desertdandelion
Malacothrix torreyi
caterpillars
1
bees
2
flowers
2
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Pale Agoseris
Agoseris glauca
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
1
flowers
48
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Desert Skeletonplant
Stephanomeria runcinata
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
12
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Bigflower Agoseris
Agoseris grandiflora
bees
2
food
2
flowers
3
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California Chicory
Rafinesquia californica
bees
2
flowers
4
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Orange Agoseris
Agoseris aurantiaca
bees
1
food
2
flowers
9
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Intermountain Dandelion
Agoseris parviflora
bees
1
food
2
flowers
6
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Potato Dandelion
Krigia dandelion
bees
1
food
1
flowers
14
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Mountain Dandelion
Agoseris monticola
bees
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Spearleaf Agoseris
Agoseris retrorsa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Tall Agoseris
Agoseris elata
bees
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Two-flower Dwarf-dandelion
Krigia biflora
bees
1
flowers
61
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Virginia Dwarfdandelion
Krigia virginica
bees
1
flowers
16
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Weedy Dwarfdandelion
Krigia cespitosa
bees
1
flowers
16
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Rush Skeletonplant
Lygodesmia juncea
hosts
1
flowers
12
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Stephanomeria occultata
bees
1
flowers
11
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White Tack-stem
Calycoseris wrightii
bees
1
flowers
10
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Wright's Dwarfdandelion
Krigia wrightii
bees
1
flowers
8
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Teton Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria fluminea
bees
1
flowers
7
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Seaside Agoseris
Agoseris apargioides
bees
1
flowers
4
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Gravel Ghost
Atrichoseris platyphylla
bees
1
flowers
3
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Coast Range Agoseris
Agoseris hirsuta
bees
1
flowers
3
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Yellow Tack-stem
Calycoseris parryi
bees
1
flowers
1
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Douglas' Silverpuffs
Microseris douglasii
hosts
1
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Skeleton Plant
Lygodesmia grandiflora
food
1
flowers
2