Top native Enceliinae
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Desert Sunflower
Geraea canescens
caterpillars
6
bees
2
flowers
37
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Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
caterpillars
3
bees
12
hosts
5
food
10
flowers
156
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California Brittlebush
Encelia californica
caterpillars
3
bees
8
hosts
2
food
8
flowers
178
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Rocky Mountain Dwarf Sunflower
Helianthella uniflora
caterpillars
2
bees
1
flowers
19
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Acton Brittlebush
Encelia actoni
caterpillars
1
bees
9
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
59
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Button Brittlebush
Encelia frutescens
caterpillars
1
bees
9
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
6
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Virgin River Brittlebush
Encelia virginensis
caterpillars
1
bees
7
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
2
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Sticky Brittlebush
Encelia resinifera
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
1
flowers
2
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Onehead Brittlebush
Encelia scaposa
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
1
flowers
2
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Nodding Sunray
Encelia nutans
bees
6
food
1
flowers
2
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California Dwarf Sunflower
Helianthella californica
bees
1
food
1
flowers
6
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Mt. Diablo Helianthella
Helianthella castanea
bees
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Nodding Dwarf Sunflower
Helianthella quinquenervis
bees
1
flowers
20
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Sticky Desertsunflower
Geraea viscida
bees
1
flowers
1
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Purpledisk Dwarf Sunflower
Helianthella microcephala
bees
1
flowers
1
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Nakedstem Sunray
Enceliopsis nudicaulis
bees
1
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Silverleaf Sunray
Enceliopsis argophylla
bees
1
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Panamint Daisy
Enceliopsis covillei