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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Dalbergieae
  8. Caterpillar Beans

genus

Caterpillar Beans

Zornia

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Cape Caterpillarbean
  • Zornia
  • Zornia latifolia present
  • Viperina native
  • Net Leaf Rabbit's Ears native
  • Grasslike Zornia present
  • Horsekiller

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native caterpillar beans All

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

  • Net Leaf Rabbit's Ears Zornia reticulata caterpillars 2
  • Viperina Zornia bracteata caterpillars 1 shelter 1

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