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Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees. This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abronia villosa | Desert sand verbena Desert sand-verbena Desert sandverbena | |
| Abronia villosa var. villosa | Desert sand verbena Sand verbena | |
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple Big-leaf maple | |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise Common chamise Greasewood | |
| Agastache foeniculum | Blue giant hyssop Blue giant-hyssop Fragrant giant hyssop Lavender hyssop Anise hyssop | |
| Agastache nepetoides | Yellow giant hyssop | |
| Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple giant hyssop Purple giant-hyssop | |
| Agastache urticifolia | Nettleleaf giant hyssop Nettle-leaf Horsemint | |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding onion | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry Western serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier arborea | Common serviceberry Downy serviceberry Shadbush Juneberry | |
| Amelanchier arborea var. arborea | Common serviceberry Shadbush Junebush | |
| Amelanchier bartramiana | Oblongfruit serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry Canadian service-berry Shadblow serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant amorpha Prairie shoestring | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Amorpha herbacea | Clusterspike false indigo Cluster-spike Indigobush | |
| Amelanchier humilis | Low serviceberry Low shadblow | |
| Amelanchier interior | Pacific serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier ×intermedia | Intermediate Serviceberry Intermediate Shadbush | |
| Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny service-berry Allegheny serviceberry Serviceberry | |
| Amorpha nana | Dwarf false indigo Fragrant indigo-bush Fragrant false indigo Dwarf wild indigo | |
| Amelanchier ×neglecta | Neglected Serviceberry Hybrid Juneberry | |
| Amelanchier obovalis | Coastal juneberry Coastal service-berry Coastal serviceberry Shadbush | |
| Amelanchier ×quinti-martii | Quint-Mart's Serviceberry | |
| Amorpha roemeriana | Roemer's false indigo | |
| Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf serviceberry Red-twig serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier sanguinea var. gaspensis | Gaspe serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier sanguinea var. sanguinea | Roundleaf serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier stolonifera | Running serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier utahensis | Utah service-berry Utah serviceberry | |
| Arctostaphylos densiflora | Vine Hill manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos edmundsii | Little Sur manzanita | |
| Artemisia frigida | Prairie sagewort Prairie sagebrush Fringed sage Pasture sage | |
| Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Eastwood's manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos glauca | Bigberry manzanita Blue manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos hookeri | Hooker's manzanita Monterey manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos manzanita | Whiteleaf manzanita Big manzanita Manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos pajaroensis | Pajaro manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf manzanita Green-leaf manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick Red bearberry Kinnikinnik | |
| Asclepias albicans | White-stemmed Milkweed Whitestem milkweed | |
| Aster alpinus | Alpine aster | |
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping milkweed | |
| Astragalus americanus | American milk-vetch American milkvetch Rattlepod | |
| Asclepias arenaria | Sand milkweed | |
| Asclepias asperula | Spider milkweed Antelope horns Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns | |
| Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelopehorns Antelope horns | |
| Asclepias brachystephana | Bract milkweed | |
| Astragalus canadensis | Canadian milkvetch Canada milkvetch Milk vetch | |
| Asclepias californica | California milkweed | |
| Asclepias cryptoceras | Pallid Milkweed Humboldt Mountain Milkweed | |
| Asclepias engelmanniana | Engelmann's milkweed | |
| Asclepias eriocarpa | Woollypod milkweed | |
| Asclepias exaltata | Poke milkweed | |
| Asclepias fascicularis | Mexican whorled milkweed Narrowleaf milkweed | |
| Asclepias hirtella | Green milkweed | |
| Asclepias humistrata | Pinewoods milkweed Sandhill milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra | Swamp milkweed | |
| Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower milkweed Few-flower milkweed Red milkweed | |
| Asclepias latifolia | Broadleaf milkweed | |
| Asclepias linearis | Slim milkweed | |
| Asclepias linaria | Pineneedle milkweed Needle-Leaf Milkweed | |
| Asclepias longifolia | Longleaf milkweed | |
| Asclepias michauxii | Michaux's Milkweed | |
| Asclepias obovata | Pineland Milkweed | |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes milkweed Hierba de Zizotes Longhorn milkweed Side-cluster milkweed Primrose milkweed Lindheimer's milkweed | |
| Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval-leaf milkweed Dwarf milkweed | |
| Asclepias perennis | Aquatic milkweed | |
| Asclepias purpurascens | Purple milkweed | |
| Asclepias quadrifolia | Fourleaf milkweed | |
| Asclepias rubra | Red Milkweed Tall Pink Bog Milkweed | |
| Asclepias speciosa | Showy milkweed | |
| Asclepias stenophylla | Slimleaf Milkweed Narrowleaf Milkweed Narrowleaf Green Milkweed | |
| Asclepias subulata | Rush milkweed Desert milkweed Ajamete | |
| Asclepias subverticillata | Horsetail milkweed Poison Milkweed | |
| Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie milkweed Sullivant's milkweed Smooth milkweed | |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | |
| Asclepias texana | Texas milkweed White milkweed | |
| Asclepias tomentosa | Tuba milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias variegata | Redring milkweed White-flowered milkweed | |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed Eastern whorled milkweed | |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Green milkweed Green comet milkweed Green antelopehorn milkweed | |
| Asclepias viridis | Green antelopehorn Green milkweed | |
| Atriplex lentiformis | Big saltbush Coastal quail bush Quailbush Saltbush | |
| Baptisia alba | White wild indigo | |
| Baptisia alba var. macrophylla | Largeleaf wild indigo White wild indigo | |
| Baptisia australis | Blue wild indigo Wild blue indigo Blue false indigo | |
| Baptisia australis var. minor | Blue Wild Indigo | |
| Baptisia bracteata | Longbract wild indigo | |
| Baptisia bracteata var. laevicaulis | Longbract wild indigo | |
| Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract wild indigo Cream false indigo Plains wild indigo Cream wild indigo Large-bracted wild indigo | |
| Balsamorhiza deltoidea | Deltoid balsamroot | |
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