Top native dragonheads and obedient plants
7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
85
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Narrowleaf False Dragonhead
Physostegia angustifolia
caterpillars
1
flowers
8
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False Dragonhead
Physostegia purpurea
caterpillars
1
flowers
8
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Finger False Dragonhead
Physostegia digitalis
caterpillars
1
flowers
4
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Slenderleaf False Dragonhead
Physostegia leptophylla
caterpillars
1
flowers
4
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Godfrey's False Dragonhead
Physostegia godfreyi
flowers
3
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Purple Dragon-head
Physostegia parviflora
flowers
2