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A plant that attracts predatory or parasitoid insects that prey upon pest insects. 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
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Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow Western Yarrow Yarrow Milfoil | |
Ageratina altissima | White Snakeroot | |
Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | |
Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Garlic Wild Onion | |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | |
Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian Serviceberry Canadian Service-berry Shadblow Serviceberry Juneberry Shadbush Junebush | |
Angelica atropurpurea | Purplestem Angelica | |
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone Round-leaf Thimbleweed Canada Anemone Windflower Meadow Anemone | |
Anemone cylindrica | Candle Anemone Long-headed Thimbleweed Longhead Thimbleweed Thimbleweed | |
Antennaria neglecta | Field Pussytoes Prairie Everlasting | |
Antennaria plantaginifolia | Woman's Tobacco Ladies' Tobacco Everlasting Mouse Ear Plantain-leaf Pussytoes | |
Angelica venenosa | Hairy Angelica | |
Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane Bitterroot Flytrap Dogbane | |
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp Prairie Dogbane Hemp Dogbane Dogbane | |
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | Pale Indian Plantain | |
Artemisia douglasiana | Douglas' Sagewort Douglas Mugwort | |
Arnoglossum ovatum | Ovateleaf Cacalia | |
Arnoglossum plantagineum | Groovestem Indian Plantain Indian Plantain Prairie Plantain Prairie Indian Plantain | |
Asclepias albicans | Whitestem Milkweed White-stemmed Milkweed | |
Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping Milkweed Bluntleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias arenaria | Sand Milkweed Western Sand Milkweed | |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelope-horns Antelope Horns Antelope Horns Milkweed | |
Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed Desert-rose Milkweed | |
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 Tall 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 | Pine-needle Milkweed Needle-leaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias longifolia | Longleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias michauxii | Michaux's Milkweed | |
Asclepias obovata | Pineland Milkweed | |
Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed | |
Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval-leaf Milkweed Dwarf Milkweed | |
Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed 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 Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias variegata | Redring Milkweed White-flowered Milkweed | |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridis | Green Milkweed Spider Milkweed | |
Baccharis pilularis | Coyotebrush Chaparral Broom Coyote Bush | |
Bidens aristosa | Bearded Beggarticks Tickseed Sunflower | |
Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggartick Spanish Needles | |
Bidens laevis | Smooth Beggartick Smooth Bidens Smooth Bur Marigold Larger Bur Marigold | |
Blephilia ciliata | Downy Pagoda-plant Sunny Woodmint Ohio Horsemint | |
Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia White Doll's Daisy | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Ceanothus arboreus | Feltleaf Ceanothus Feltleaf Island Ceanothus Island Mountain Lilac | |
Ceanothus cordulatus | Whitethorn Ceanothus Mountain Whitethorn Snow Bush | |
Ceanothus cuneatus | Buckbrush | |
Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler's Ceanothus Fendler 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 | |
Ceanothus herbaceus | Prairie Redroot Smaller Redroot Small Redroot Inland Ceanothus Fuzzy Ceanothus Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Ceanothus hearstiorum | Hearst Ranch Buckbrush | |
Ceanothus impressus | Santa Barbara Ceanothus Santa Barbara Buckbrush | |
Ceanothus integerrimus | Deerbrush | |
Ceanothus leucodermis | Chaparral Whitethorn Jackbrush | |
Ceanothus maritimus | Maritime Ceanothus Bluff California Lilac | |
Ceanothus megacarpus | Bigpod Ceanothus Big-pod Buckbrush Big-pod Ceanothus | |
Ceanothus parvifolius | Littleleaf Ceanothus | |
Ceanothus purpureus | Hollyleaf Ceanothus | |
Ceanothus sanguineus | Redstem Ceanothus Oregon Tea-tree Wild Lilac | |
Ceanothus spinosus | Redheart Greenbark Ceanothus Red-heart Mountain Lilac | |
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | Blueblossom Bluebrush Blue Blossom | |
Ceanothus tomentosus | Woolyleaf Ceanothus Woolly-leaf Mountain Lilac Ramona Lilac | |
Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush Snowbrush Ceanothus Tobacco-brush Mountain Balm Buckbrush | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood Red Willow Silky Cornel | |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood Virginia Dogwood Florida Dogwood White Cornel Arrowwood American Boxwood False Box St. Peter's Crown Corona De San Pedro | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lance-leaved Coreopsis Lanceleaf Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis palmata | Stiff Tickseed Stiff Coreopsis Finger Coreopsis | |
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