Top native gentian tribe
59 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Mountain Bog Gentian
Gentiana calycosa
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
8
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Pleated Gentian
Gentiana affinis
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
7
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Soapwort Gentian
Gentiana saponaria
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Monument Plant
Frasera speciosa
caterpillars
1
flowers
28
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Alpine Gentian
Gentiana newberryi
caterpillars
1
flowers
9
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Pine Barren Gentian
Gentiana autumnalis
food
5
flowers
7
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Pygmy Gentian
Gentiana prostrata
food
5
flowers
4
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Samiland Gentian
Comastoma tenellum
food
5
flowers
1
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Felwort
Swertia perennis
food
4
flowers
2
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Arctic Gentian
Gentiana algida
food
2
flowers
5
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Closed Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
food
1
flowers
28
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Downy Gentian
Gentiana puberulenta
food
1
flowers
28
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Parry's Gentian
Gentiana parryi
food
1
flowers
12
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Pale Gentian
Gentiana alba
food
1
flowers
6
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Fremont's Gentian
Gentiana fremontii
food
1
flowers
5
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Bottle Gentian
Gentiana clausa
food
1
flowers
4
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Desert Green Gentian
Frasera albomarginata
food
1
flowers
4
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King's Scepter Gentian
Gentiana sceptrum
food
1
flowers
4
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Swamp Gentian
Gentiana douglasiana
food
1
flowers
4
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Glaucous Gentian
Gentiana glauca
food
1
flowers
4
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Mendocino Gentian
Gentiana setigera
food
1
flowers
4
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Closed Gentian
Gentiana rubricaulis
food
1
flowers
1
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Coastal Plain Gentian
Gentiana catesbaei
food
1
flowers
1
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Narrowleaf Gentian
Gentiana linearis
food
1
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Appalachian Gentian
Gentiana decora
food
1
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Striped Gentian
Gentiana villosa
food
1
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Wiregrass Gentian
Gentiana pennelliana
food
1
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Blue Ridge Gentian
Gentiana austromontana
food
1
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Balsam Mountain Gentian
Gentiana latidens
food
1
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American Columbo
Frasera caroliniensis
flowers
28
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Whitestem Frasera
Frasera albicaulis
flowers
13
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Autumn Gentian
Gentianella amarella
flowers
12
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Coahuila Frasera
Frasera parryi
flowers
7
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Pine Green Gentian
Frasera neglecta
flowers
5
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Kern Frasera
Frasera tubulosa
flowers
4
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Ackerman's Frasera
Frasera ackermaniae
flowers
4
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Paniculate Frasera
Frasera paniculata
flowers
3
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Inyo Frasera
Frasera puberulenta
flowers
3
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Umpqua Green-gentian
Frasera umpquaensis
flowers
3
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Greater Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis crinita
flowers
2
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Pahute Green Gentian
Frasera pahutensis
flowers
2
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Pennywort
Obolaria virginica
flowers
1
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Agueweed
Gentianella quinquefolia
flowers
1
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Fourpart Dwarf Gentian
Gentianella propinqua
flowers
1
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Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis thermalis
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Lesser Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis virgata
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Sierra Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis holopetala
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Yellow Screwstem
Bartonia virginica
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Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
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White Screwstem
Bartonia verna