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Top native Synandreae

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

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14 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 4

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 2 Moist 4 Wet 2

Soil

Sand 3 Loam 1 Clay 1 Organic 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 2 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Wet soil 2

Form

Habit

Erect 2 Clumping 1 Multi stemmed 1

Plant type

Wildflower 12 Perennial 8 Annual 4 Herbaceous perennial 2
  • Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 85
  • Narrowleaf False Dragonhead Physostegia angustifolia caterpillars 1 flowers 8
  • False Dragonhead Physostegia purpurea caterpillars 1 flowers 8
  • Finger False Dragonhead Physostegia digitalis caterpillars 1 flowers 4
  • Slenderleaf False Dragonhead Physostegia leptophylla caterpillars 1 flowers 4
  • Godfrey's False Dragonhead Physostegia godfreyi flowers 3
  • Purple Dragon-head Physostegia parviflora flowers 2
  • Prairie Brazoria Warnockia scutellarioides
  • Guyandotte Beauty Synandra hispidula
  • Rattlesnake Flower Brazoria truncata
  • Carolina Birds-in-a-nest Macbridea caroliniana
  • White Birds-in-a-nest Macbridea alba
  • Enquist's Sandmint Brazoria enquistii
  • Sand Brazoria Brazoria arenaria

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