subgenus
Kittentails
Synthyris
Children
- Snow Queen native
- Wyoming Kittentails native
- White River Coraldrops native
- Kittentails native
- Tailed Kittentails native
- Red Besseya native
- Alpine Besseya native
- Serpentine Snow Queen native
- Alaska Kittentail present
- Cut-leaf Kittentails present
- Western Kittentails native
- Feather-leaf Kittentail native
- Ritter's Coraldrops native
- Fringed Kittentails native
- Charleston Mountain Kittentails native
- Idaho Kittentails
- Mission Mountain Kittentails presumed native
- Eggleaf Coraldrops
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native kittentails All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Kittentails
Veronica bullii
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
33
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Wyoming Kittentails
Veronica wyomingensis
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
30
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Tailed Kittentails
Veronica missurica
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
28
-
Mission Mountain Kittentails
Veronica canbyi
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
22
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Snow Queen
Veronica regina-nivalis
caterpillars
1
food
3
flowers
29
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Alpine Besseya
Veronica besseya
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
26
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Red Besseya
Veronica rubra
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
25
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Serpentine Snow Queen
Veronica californica
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
24
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Feather-leaf Kittentail
Veronica paysonii
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
23
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Fringed Kittentails
Veronica schizantha
caterpillars
1
food
2
flowers
23
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White River Coraldrops
Veronica plantaginea
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
29
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Western Kittentails
Veronica utahensis
food
2
flowers
19
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Ritter's Coraldrops
Veronica ritteriana
food
1
flowers
22
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Charleston Mountain Kittentails
Veronica ranunculina
food
1
flowers
9