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  4. Dicots
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  6. Borage Family
  7. Namoideae

subfamily

Namoideae

Namoideae

Includes
22 native 1 introduced 7 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Nama 14 native
  • Yerba Santa 8 native
  • Wigandia

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Namoideae All

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

  • California Yerba Santa Eriodictyon californicum caterpillars 5 hosts 3 food 9 flowers 73
  • Hairy Yerba Santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx caterpillars 1 hosts 2 flowers 68
  • Thick-leaved Yerba Santa Eriodictyon crassifolium hosts 4 food 1 flowers 53
  • Woolly Yerba Santa Eriodictyon tomentosum hosts 2 flowers 34
  • Poodle-dog Bush Eriodictyon parryi hosts 1 flowers 18
  • Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa Eriodictyon angustifolium hosts 1 flowers 14
  • Pacific Yerba Santa Eriodictyon traskiae hosts 1 flowers 14
  • Indian Knob Mountainbalm Eriodictyon altissimum hosts 1 flowers 13
  • Rough Nama Nama hispida bees 1 flowers 12
  • Purple Mat Nama demissa flowers 5
  • Woolly Nama Nama lobbii flowers 5
  • Jamaicanweed Nama jamaicensis flowers 1
  • Ground Nama Nama aretioides
  • Rothrock's Fiddleleaf Nama rothrockii
  • Gravel Mat Nama pusilla
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