Top native pussypaw family members
71 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Miner's Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
20
flowers
31
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Blinks
Montia fontana
caterpillars
1
food
6
flowers
4
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Toadlily
Montia chamissoi
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Small-leaved Blinks
Montia parvifolia
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
18
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Narrow-leaved Montia
Montia linearis
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Howell's Montia
Montia howellii
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Diffuse Montia
Montia diffusa
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Dwarf Montia
Montia dichotoma
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Lanceleaf Springbeauty
Claytonia lanceolata
bees
1
food
3
flowers
32
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Streambank Springbeauty
Claytonia parviflora
bees
1
food
2
flowers
9
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Gypsum Springbeauty
Claytonia gypsophiloides
bees
1
food
2
flowers
8
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Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
bees
1
food
1
flowers
140
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Candy Flower
Claytonia sibirica
bees
1
food
1
flowers
19
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Redstem Springbeauty
Claytonia rubra
bees
1
food
1
flowers
11
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Alpine Springbeauty
Claytonia megarhiza
bees
1
food
1
flowers
9
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Pale Springbeauty
Claytonia exigua
bees
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Heartleaf Springbeauty
Claytonia cordifolia
bees
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Brandegee's Springbeauty
Claytonia saxosa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Sierra Springbeauty
Claytonia nevadensis
bees
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Crawford's Springbeauty
Claytonia crawfordii
bees
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Carolina Springbeauty
Claytonia caroliniana
bees
1
flowers
33
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Fringed Redmaids
Calandrinia ciliata
food
12
flowers
11
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Madrean Springbeauty
Claytonia rosea
food
1
flowers
16
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Great Basin Springbeauty
Claytonia umbellata
food
1
flowers
7
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Sand Springbeauty
Claytonia arenicola
food
1
flowers
6
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Washington Springbeauty
Claytonia washingtoniana
food
1
flowers
5
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Dwarf Lewisia
Lewisia pygmaea
food
1
flowers
1
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Bitterroot
Lewisia rediviva
flowers
26
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One-seeded Pussypaws
Calyptridium monospermum
flowers
26
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Mount Hood Pussypaws
Calyptridium umbellatum
flowers
21
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Common Pussypaws
Calyptridium monandrum
flowers
6
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Panamint Springbeauty
Claytonia panamintensis
flowers
5
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Calyptridium parryi
flowers
4
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Rosy Calyptridium
Calyptridium roseum
flowers
4
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Columbian Lewisia
Lewisia columbiana
flowers
2
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Large-flowered Fameflower
Phemeranthus calycinus
flowers
2
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Alaska Springbeauty
Claytonia sarmentosa
flowers
2
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Kellogg's Lewisia
Lewisia kelloggii
flowers
2
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Cantelow's Lewisia
Lewisia cantelovii
flowers
2
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Four-petaled Pussypaws
Calyptridium quadripetalum
flowers
2
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Arizona Pussypaws
Calyptridium arizonicum
flowers
2
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Redmaids
Calandrinia menziesii
flowers
1
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Quill-leaf Lewisia
Lewisia leeana
flowers
1
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Threeleaf Lewisia
Lewisia triphylla
flowers
1
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Nevada Lewisia
Lewisia nevadensis
flowers
1
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Cliff Maids
Lewisia cotyledon
flowers
1
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Desert Pussypaws
Thingia ambigua
flowers
1
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Short-sepaled Lewisia
Lewisia brachycalyx
flowers
1
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Opposite-leaved Lewisia
Lewisia oppositifolia
flowers
1
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Glandular Lewisia
Lewisia glandulosa
flowers
1