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Special Value to Bumble Bees
Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of bumble 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 |
| Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea bicolor var. argyrea | Silver Prairie Clover Silver Dalea Silver Bush Dalea | |
| Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea candida var. candida | White Prairie Clover White Prairie-clover | |
| Dalea compacta | Compact Prairie Clover Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea compacta var. pubescens | Compact Prairie Clover Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea emarginata | Wedgeleaf Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea enneandra | Nine-anther Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea feayi | Feay's Prairie Clover Globe-headed Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea formosa | Featherplume Feather Dalea Indigobush | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea Gregg's Prairie Clover Trailing Indigo Bush Indigo Bush | |
| Dalea hallii | Hall's Prairie Clover Hall's Dalea | |
| Dalea jamesii | James's Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea lachnostachys | Glandleaf Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea lanata | Woolly Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea lasiathera | Purple Dalea | |
| Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
| Dalea nana | Dwarf Prairie Clover Dwarf Dalea | |
| Dalea nana var. carnescens | Dwarf Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea obovata | Pussyfoot | |
| Dalea phleoides var. microphylla | Slimspike Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea pinnata | Summer Farewell | |
| Dalea pogonathera | Bearded Prairie Clover Bearded Dalea | |
| Dalea pulchra | Pretty Dalea Bush Dalea Santa Catalina Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover Violet Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea tenuis | Pinkglobe Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea villosa | Silky Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea villosa var. villosa | Silky Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea wrightii | Wright's Prairie Clover | |
| Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina Larkspur Prairie Larkspur Plains Larkspur | |
| Desmodium illinoense | Illinois Ticktrefoil Illinois Tick-trefoil | |
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | |
| Diervilla lonicera | Northern Bush Honeysuckle Northern Bush-honeysuckle Diervilla | |
| Diervilla sessilifolia | Southern Bush Honeysuckle Southern Bush-honeysuckle | |
| Dodecatheon alpinum | Alpine Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon amethystinum | Jeweled Shootingstar Amethyst Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon clevelandii | Padre's Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon conjugens | Bonneville Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon dentatum | White Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon frigidum | Western Arctic Shootingstar Western Artic Shootingstar Northern Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon hendersonii | Mosquito Bills Broad-leaved Shooting Star | |
| Dodecatheon jeffreyi | Sierra Shootingstar Tall Mountain Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon meadia | Eastern Shooting Star Shooting Star Pride Of Ohio Roosterheads Prairie Pointers | |
| Dodecatheon pulchellum | Darkthroat Shooting Star Few-flower Shooting Star Western Shooting Star | |
| Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. macrocarpum | Darkthroat Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum | Darkthroat Shootingstar | |
| Dodecatheon subalpinum | Sierra Shootingstar | |
| Eschscholzia caespitosa | Tufted Poppy Tufted-poppy | |
| Eschscholzia californica | California Poppy California Gold Poppy | |
| Eschscholzia californica ssp. californica | California Poppy | |
| Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana | Mexican Gold Poppy California Poppy | |
| Eschscholzia glyptosperma | Desert Poppy | |
| Eschscholzia minutiflora | Pygmy Poppy | |
| Gentiana affinis | Pleated Gentian | |
| Gentiana algida | Whitish Gentian Arctic Gentian | |
| Gentiana alba | Plain Gentian Yellow Gentian Cream Gentian | |
| Gentiana andrewsii | Closed Bottle Gentian Closed Gentian Bottle Gentian | |
| Gentiana calycosa | Rainier Pleated Gentian | |
| Gentiana clausa | Bottle Gentian Blind Gentian | |
| Gentiana glauca | Pale Gentian | |
| Gentiana linearis | Narrowleaf Gentian Narrow-leaved Gentian | |
| Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium Wild Geranium Cranesbill | |
| Gentiana parryi | Parry's Gentian | |
| Gentiana prostrata | Pygmy Gentian | |
| Gentiana puberulenta | Downy Gentian | |
| Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia | Agueweed Stiff Gentian | |
| Gentiana rubricaulis | Closed Gentian | |
| Gentiana saponaria | Harvestbells Soapwort Gentian | |
| Gentiana sceptrum | King's Scepter Gentian | |
| Gentiana villosa | Striped Gentian | |
| Hedysarum alpinum | Alpine Sweetvetch Alpine Sweet Broom Licorice Root Sweetbroom | |
| Hedysarum boreale | Utah Sweetvetch Boreal Sweet-vetch Northern Sweetvetch | |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei | Northern Sweetvetch Boreal Sweetvetch | |
| Hedysarum occidentale | Western Sweetvetch Western Sweet-vetch | |
| Hedysarum sulphurescens | White Sweetvetch | |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted St. John's-wort | |
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf Eastern Waterleaf Shawnee Salad | |
| Impatiens capensis | Jewelweed Orange Jewelweed Spotted Touch-me-not | |
| Impatiens pallida | Pale Touch-me-not Yellow Jewelweed | |
| Krigia biflora | Two-flower Dwarf Dandelion Two-flower Cynthia Dwarf Dandelion | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
| Liatris cylindracea | Ontario Blazing Star Ontario Gayfeather Ontario Liatris Dwarf Blazing Star Dwarf Gayfeather Dwarf Liatris | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Liatris scariosa | Devil's Bite Large Blazing Star Large Gayfeather Large Liatris Savanna Blazing Star Savanna Gayfeather Savanna Liatris | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Lonicera albiflora | Western White Honeysuckle White Shrub Honeysuckle White Bush Honeysuckle White Limestone Honeysuckle Texas Honeysuckle White Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera arizonica | Arizona Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera caerulea | Sweetberry Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera canadensis | American Fly Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera ciliosa | Orange Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera dioica | Limber Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera hirsuta | Hairy Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera hispidula | Pink Honeysuckle Hairy Honeysuckle California Honeysuckle Western Honeysuckle Pink Chaparral Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera involucrata | Twinberry Honeysuckle Black Twinberry Honeysuckle Black Twinberry Bearberry Honeysuckle Four-line Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera oblongifolia | Swamp Fly Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
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