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Top native locoweeds

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

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14 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 4

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2

Water use

Low 1 Medium 1

Soil pH

Alkaline 1

Form

Plant type

Perennial 14 Wildflower 14
  • Field Locoweed Oxytropis campestris caterpillars 4 food 5 flowers 40
  • Lambert's Locoweed Oxytropis lambertii caterpillars 4 flowers 46
  • Showy Locoweed Oxytropis splendens caterpillars 4 flowers 13
  • Nodding Locoweed Oxytropis deflexa caterpillars 4 flowers 7
  • White Point-vetch Oxytropis sericea caterpillars 3 flowers 19
  • Nuttall's Oxytrope Oxytropis multiceps caterpillars 3 flowers 7
  • Boreal Locoweed Oxytropis borealis caterpillars 3 flowers 7
  • Bessey's Locoweed Oxytropis besseyi caterpillars 3 flowers 7
  • Mountain Oxytrope Oxytropis oreophila caterpillars 3 flowers 6
  • Gray's Point-vetch Oxytropis podocarpa caterpillars 3 flowers 6
  • Parry's Oxytrope Oxytropis parryi caterpillars 3 flowers 6
  • Wyoming Locoweed Oxytropis nana caterpillars 3 flowers 6
  • Blackish Locoweed Oxytropis nigrescens caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 5
  • Kobuk Locoweed Oxytropis kobukensis caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 4

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