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Mustards, Capers, and Allies
Brassicales
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native mustards, capers, and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Slender Rockcress
Arabis pycnocarpa
caterpillars
12
bees
1
food
1
flowers
3
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Papaya
Carica papaya
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
food
19
flowers
5
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Virginia Pepperweed
Lepidium virginicum
caterpillars
10
bees
2
food
8
flowers
57
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Eschscholtz's Hairy Rockcress
Arabis eschscholtziana
caterpillars
9
food
1
flowers
3
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Coast Rockcress
Arabis blepharophylla
caterpillars
9
flowers
4
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Common Peppergrass
Lepidium densiflorum
caterpillars
8
bees
2
food
14
flowers
15
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Tower Mustard
Turritis glabra
caterpillars
8
food
4
flowers
12
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Flaxleaf Plainsmustard
Sisymbrium linifolium
caterpillars
8
flowers
12
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Waldo Rockcress
Arabis aculeolata
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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Modest Rockcress
Arabis modesta
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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Oregon Rockcress
Arabis oregana
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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McDonald's Rockcress
Arabis mcdonaldiana
caterpillars
8
flowers
3
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Western Tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
7
flowers
18
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Hairy Rockcress
Arabis hirsuta
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
6
flowers
8
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Richardson's Tansymustard
Descurainia incana
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
3