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Top native rockflowers, bladdernuts, and allies

6 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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6 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1 Moist 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1 Organic 1

Soil pH

Neutral 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Resists

Black walnut 1 Diseases 1 Dry soil 1 Insect pests 1

Form

Habit

Ascending 1 Dense 1 Erect 1 Multi stemmed 1

Plant type

Perennial 6 Shrub 6 Tree 2
  • American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia caterpillars 3 food 1 flowers 35
  • Bigelow's Crossosoma Crossosoma bigelovii flowers 1
  • Spiny Greasebush Glossopetalon spinescens
  • Catalina Crossosoma Crossosoma californicum
  • Pungent Glossopetalon Glossopetalon pungens
  • Sierra Bladdernut Staphylea bolanderi

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