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Begonias, Gourds, and Allies
Cucurbitales
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native begonias, gourds, and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Buffalo Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
caterpillars
4
bees
3
food
6
flowers
36
shelter
1
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Chilicothe
Marah macrocarpa
caterpillars
3
food
4
flowers
9
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Coastal Manroot
Marah oregana
caterpillars
2
food
3
flowers
17
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Creeping Cucumber
Melothria pendula
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
6
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Coyote Melon
Cucurbita palmata
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
4
flowers
9
shelter
1
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Finger-leaved Gourd
Cucurbita digitata
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
3
flowers
6
shelter
1
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Desert Starvine
Brandegea bigelovii
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
25
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California Manroot
Marah fabacea
food
3
flowers
4
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Gila Manroot
Marah gilensis
food
3
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Taw Man-root
Marah watsonii
food
3
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Sierra Man-root
Marah horrida
food
3
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Oneseed Bur Cucumber
Sicyos angulatus
food
2
flowers
39
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Prickly Cucumber
Echinocystis lobata
food
2
flowers
35
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Slimlobe Globeberry
Ibervillea tenuisecta
food
1
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Snake Apple
Ibervillea lindheimeri
flowers
1