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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 |
| Balsamorhiza hookeri | Hooker's balsamroot Hairy balsamroot | |
| Balsamorhiza incana | Hoary balsamroot | |
| Baptisia lanceolata | Gopherweed Pineland baptisia | |
| Balsamorhiza macrolepis | California balsamroot | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert marigold Showy desert marigold Paper daisy Desert baileya | |
| Baptisia nuttalliana | Nuttall's wild indigo | |
| Baccharis pilularis | Coyotebrush Chaparral broom Coyote bush | |
| Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf balsamroot Arrow-leaf balsamroot | |
| Baccharis salicifolia | Mule's fat Seep willow | |
| Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Bush pea Green wild indigo Yellow wild indigo Yellow wisteria | |
| Baptisia tinctoria | Horseflyweed Yellow Wild Indigo | |
| Bidens alba | Common Beggarticks Shepherd's Needles Spanish Needles Butterfly Needles Hairy Beggarticks Romerillo | |
| Bidens alba var. radiata | Romerillo | |
| Bidens aristosa | Bearded beggarticks Tickseed sunflower | |
| Bidens beckii | Beck's watermarigold | |
| Bidens bigelovii | Bigelow's beggarticks | |
| Bidens cernua | Nodding beggartick Bur marigold Nodding beggarticks Nodding bur marigold Nodding burmarigold Nodding burr-marigold Sticktight | |
| Bidens coronata | Crowned beggarticks | |
| Bidens connata | Purplestem beggarticks | |
| Bidens discoidea | Small beggarticks | |
| Bidens eatonii | Eaton's beggarticks | |
| Bidens frondosa | Devil's beggartick Spanish needles | |
| Bidens heterodoxa | Connecticut beggarticks | |
| Bidens hyperborea | Estuary beggarticks | |
| Bidens hyperborea var. hyperborea | Estuary beggarticks | |
| Bidens laevis | Smooth beggartick Smooth bidens Smooth bur marigold Larger bur marigold | |
| Bidens leptocephala | Fewflower beggarticks | |
| Bidens vulgata | Big devils beggartick | |
| Blephilia ciliata | Downy pagoda plant Sunny woodmint Ohio horsemint | |
| Castilleja affinis | Coast Indian paintbrush | |
| Campanulastrum americanum | American bellflower American-bellflower Tall bellflower | |
| Calandrinia ciliata | Fringed redmaids Redmaids | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Camassia leichtlinii | Large camas Leichtlin's camas | |
| Camassia quamash | Small camas Common camass Swamp sego | |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea Redroot | |
| Centaurea americana | American star-thistle Basket-Flower Star thistle Shaving brush American basket-flower | |
| Ceanothus arboreus | Feltleaf Feltleaf ceanothus Island ceanothus Island mountain lilac | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud Redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. canadensis | Eastern redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Ceanothus cordulatus | Mountain whitethorn Snow bush Whitethorn ceanothus | |
| Ceanothus cuneatus | Buckbrush | |
| Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler ceanothus Fendler's ceanothus | |
| Ceanothus gloriosus var. exaltatus | Point Reyes ceanothus Glory brush | |
| Ceanothus gloriosus var. gloriosus | Point Reyes ceanothus Glory mat | |
| Ceanothus greggii | Desert ceanothus | |
| Ceanothus griseus | Carmel ceanothus Carmel creeper Yankee Point ceanothus | |
| Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus | Mojave ceanothus Desert ceanothus | |
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