Top native anemones and allies
55 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Western White Clematis
Clematis ligusticifolia
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
66
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Purple Clematis
Clematis occidentalis
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
18
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Hairy Clematis
Clematis hirsutissima
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
12
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Blue Clematis
Clematis columbiana
caterpillars
6
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
15
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Virgin's-bower
Clematis virginiana
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
7
flowers
59
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Vase-vine Leatherflower
Clematis viorna
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
16
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Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
14
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Netleaf Leather Flower
Clematis reticulata
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Pitcher's Leatherflower
Clematis pitcheri
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
29
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Pipestem Clematis
Clematis lasiantha
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
6
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Curlyheads
Clematis ochroleuca
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
11
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Coastal Virgin's-bower
Clematis catesbyana
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
13
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Whitehair Leatherflower
Clematis albicoma
caterpillars
4
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
13
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Old Man's Beard Clematis
Clematis drummondii
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
25
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White Leaf Leather Flower
Clematis glaucophylla
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
8
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Fremont’s Leather Flower
Clematis fremontii
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Pale Leather Flower
Clematis versicolor
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
10
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Clematis cumberlandensis
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Morefield's Leather Flower
Clematis morefieldii
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
7
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Weak Stem Leather Flower
Clematis flaccida
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
6
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Alabama Leather Flower
Clematis socialis
caterpillars
3
hosts
1
flowers
5
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Southern California Clematis
Clematis pauciflora
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Scarlet Leather Flower
Clematis texensis
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Bigelow's Leatherflower
Clematis bigelovii
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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Carrizo Leatherflower
Clematis carrizoensis
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
6
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Canada Anemone
Anemonastrum canadense
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
55
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Wood Anemone
Anemonoides quinquefolia
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
11
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Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
hosts
1
flowers
33
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Round-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica americana
hosts
1
flowers
20
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Baldwin's Clematis
Clematis baldwinii
hosts
1
flowers
5
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Tenpetal Anemone
Anemone berlandieri
food
3
flowers
4
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Small-flower Anemone
Anemone parviflora
food
3
flowers
2
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Cutleaf Anemone
Anemone multifida
food
2
flowers
9
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Prairie Pasqueflower
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
food
1
flowers
37
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Tall Thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana
food
1
flowers
12
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Cylindrical Thimbleweed
Anemone cylindrica
food
1
flowers
6
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Carolina Anemone
Anemone caroliniana
food
1
flowers
6
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Drummond's Anemone
Anemone drummondii
food
1
flowers
2
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White Pasqueflower
Pulsatilla occidentalis
food
1
flowers
1
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Tuber Anemone
Anemone tuberosa
food
1
flowers
1
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Little Belt Mountain Thimbleweed
Anemone lithophila
food
1
flowers
1
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Edwards Plateau Anemone
Anemone edwardsiana
flowers
2
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Columbian Windflower
Anemonastrum deltoideum
flowers
1
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Addison's Leatherflower
Clematis addisonii
flowers
1
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Oregon Anemone
Anemonoides oregana
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Gray's Anemone
Anemonoides grayi
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Piper's Anemone
Anemonoides piperi
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Mountain Thimbleweed
Anemonoides lancifolia
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Yellow Anemone
Anemonastrum richardsonii
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Clematis arenicola