Top native spurges
20 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Snow-on-the-mountain
Euphorbia marginata
caterpillars
6
bees
3
food
19
flowers
56
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Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
caterpillars
6
food
17
flowers
103
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Sixangle Spurge
Euphorbia hexagona
caterpillars
5
food
14
flowers
26
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Blackseed Spurge
Euphorbia bilobata
caterpillars
4
bees
3
food
12
flowers
19
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Huachuca Mountain Spurge
Euphorbia macropus
caterpillars
4
bees
3
food
12
flowers
16
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Snow-on-the-prairie
Euphorbia bicolor
caterpillars
4
food
14
flowers
27
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Curtis's Spurge
Euphorbia curtisii
caterpillars
4
food
13
flowers
24
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Summer Spurge
Euphorbia discoidalis
caterpillars
4
food
13
flowers
24
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Coastal Sand Spurge
Euphorbia exserta
caterpillars
4
food
13
flowers
23
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Candelilla
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
12
flowers
15
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Cliff Spurge
Euphorbia misera
caterpillars
3
bees
1
food
9
flowers
34
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False Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia pubentissima
caterpillars
3
food
13
flowers
26
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Velvet Spurge
Euphorbia innocua
caterpillars
3
food
12
flowers
15
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Lesser Florida Spurge
Euphorbia polyphylla
caterpillars
3
food
12
flowers
13
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Wright's Spurge
Euphorbia wrightii
caterpillars
3
food
12
flowers
13
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Panhandle Spurge
Euphorbia strictior
caterpillars
3
food
11
flowers
9
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Carolina Ipecac
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
caterpillars
2
food
13
flowers
25
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Cumberland Spurge
Euphorbia mercurialina
caterpillars
2
food
12
flowers
21
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Paria Spurge
Euphorbia nephradenia
caterpillars
2
food
9
flowers
15
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Marble Canyon Spurge
Euphorbia aaron-rossii
caterpillars
2
food
9
flowers
15