Top native Helenieae
55 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
caterpillars
7
bees
8
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
169
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Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
caterpillars
5
bees
10
food
1
flowers
151
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Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
caterpillars
2
bees
14
food
4
flowers
42
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Woolly Desert Marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
caterpillars
2
bees
12
flowers
12
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Laxflower
Baileya pauciradiata
caterpillars
2
bees
8
flowers
5
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Southern Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
caterpillars
2
bees
6
food
1
flowers
41
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Bitterweed
Helenium amarum
caterpillars
2
bees
5
food
3
flowers
60
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Southeastern Sneezeweed
Helenium pinnatifidum
caterpillars
2
bees
4
food
2
flowers
23
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Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
caterpillars
1
bees
7
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
77
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Great Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
caterpillars
1
bees
7
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
168
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Red Dome Blanketflower
Gaillardia pinnatifida
caterpillars
1
bees
6
hosts
1
food
6
flowers
85
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Rosilla
Helenium puberulum
caterpillars
1
bees
5
food
3
flowers
21
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Bigelow's Sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii
caterpillars
1
bees
5
food
1
flowers
25
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Savanna Sneezeweed
Helenium vernale
caterpillars
1
bees
4
food
1
flowers
20
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Shortleaf Sneezeweed
Helenium brevifolium
caterpillars
1
bees
4
food
1
flowers
20
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Coastal Plain Honeycombhead
Balduina angustifolia
caterpillars
1
bees
4
flowers
54
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Fringed Sneezeweed
Helenium drummondii
caterpillars
1
bees
4
flowers
20
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Slimleaf Sneezeweed
Helenium linifolium
caterpillars
1
bees
3
flowers
9
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Fineleaf Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris linearifolia
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
5
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Huisache Daisy
Amblyolepis setigera
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
17
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Western Blanketflower
Gaillardia spathulata
bees
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
49
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Parry's Blanketflower
Gaillardia parryi
bees
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
46
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Arizona Blanketflower
Gaillardia arizonica
bees
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
35
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Pingue Rubberweed
Hymenoxys richardsonii
bees
3
food
3
flowers
5
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Bandana Daisy
Gaillardia coahuilensis
bees
2
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
36
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Coastal Sneezeweed
Helenium bolanderi
bees
3
food
1
flowers
14
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Owlsclaws
Hymenoxys hoopesii
bees
3
food
1
flowers
11
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Oneflower Honeycombhead
Balduina uniflora
bees
3
flowers
3
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Bitter Hymenoxys
Hymenoxys odorata
bees
2
food
1
flowers
19
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Purpledisk Honeycombhead
Balduina atropurpurea
bees
2
flowers
9
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Cooper's Rubberweed
Hymenoxys cooperi
bees
2
flowers
4
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Stemmy Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
27
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Stemless Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
bees
1
food
1
flowers
14
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Alpine Sunflower
Hymenoxys grandiflora
bees
1
flowers
13
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Ives' Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris ivesiana
bees
1
flowers
4
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Torrey's Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris torreyana
bees
1
flowers
4
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Arizona Rubberweed
Hymenoxys subintegra
bees
1
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Barbara's-buttons
Marshallia caespitosa
food
1
flowers
6
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Greenstem Paperflower
Psilostrophe sparsiflora
flowers
10
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Woolly Paperflower
Psilostrophe tagetina
flowers
7
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Grassleaf Barbara's-Buttons
Marshallia graminifolia
flowers
4
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Lakeside Daisy
Tetraneuris herbacea
flowers
3
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Broadleaf Barbara's-buttons
Marshallia trinervia
flowers
3
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Yellowhead
Trichoptilium incisum
flowers
2
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Whitestem Paperflower
Psilostrophe cooperi
flowers
1
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Piedmont Barbara's-buttons
Marshallia obovata
flowers
1
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Virginia Sneezeweed
Helenium virginicum
flowers
1
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Turtleback
Psathyrotes ramosissima
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Annual Turtleback
Psathyrotes annua
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Mohr's Barbara's-Buttons
Marshallia mohrii