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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 |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
| Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
| Lonicera utahensis | Utah Honeysuckle Red Twinberry | |
| Lonicera villosa | Mountain Fly Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera villosa var. calvescens | Mountain Fly Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera villosa var. solonis | Mountain Fly Honeysuckle Water-berry Sweet-berry Honeysuckle Blue-fly Honey-suckle | |
| Lonicera villosa var. tonsa | Mountain Fly Honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera villosa var. villosa | Mountain Fly Honeysuckle | |
| Lupinus albicaulis | Sicklekeel Lupine | |
| Lupinus albifrons | Silver Lupine White-leaf Bush Lupine Evergreen Lupine | |
| Lupinus arboreus | Yellow Bush Lupine Bush Lupine Tree Lupine | |
| Lupinus arcticus | Arctic Lupine | |
| Lupinus argenteus | Silvery Lupine Silver-stem Lupine | |
| Lupinus arbustus ssp. calcaratus | Longspur Lupine | |
| Lupinus argenteus ssp. spathulatus | Silvery Lupine | |
| Lupinus bakeri ssp. amplus | Baker's Lupine | |
| Lupinus bicolor | Miniature Lupine Miniature Annual Lupine Pygmy-leaved Lupine | |
| Lupinus breweri | Brewer's Lupine Matted Lupine | |
| Lupinus caudatus | Tailcup Lupine | |
| Lupinus caespitosus | Stemless Dwarf Lupine Dwarf Lupine | |
| Lupinus concinnus | Bajada Lupine Annual Lupine Nipomo Mesa Annual Lupine | |
| Lupinus confertus | Crowded Lupine | |
| Lupinus croceus | Mt. Eddy Lupine | |
| Lupinus densiflorus | Whitewhorl Lupine | |
| Lupinus densiflorus var. aureus | Whitewhorl Lupine Golden Lupine | |
| Lupinus diffusus | Oak Ridge Lupine Sky-blue Lupine Spreading Lupine | |
| Lupinus excubitus | Grape Soda Lupine | |
| Lupinus formosus | Summer Lupine | |
| Lupinus fulcratus | Greenstipule Lupine | |
| Lupinus grayi | Sierra Lupine | |
| Lupinus havardii | Big Bend Bluebonnet Big Bend Lupine Havard Bluebonnet Chisos Bluebonnet | |
| Lupinus hirsutissimus | Stinging Annual Lupine Stinging Lupine | |
| Lupinus horizontalis | Sunset Lupine | |
| Lupinus latifolius | Broadleaf Lupine | |
| Lupinus littoralis | Seashore Lupine Seacoast Lupine | |
| Lupinus longifolius | Longleaf Bush Lupine | |
| Lupinus luteolus | Pale Yellow Lupine Butter Lupine | |
| Lupinus magnificus | Panamint Mountain Lupine | |
| Lupinus nanus | Ocean-blue Lupine Sky Lupine | |
| Lupinus nootkatensis | Nootka Lupine | |
| Lupinus nootkatensis var. fruticosus | Nootka Lupine | |
| Lupinus palmeri | Bluebonnet Lupine | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
| Lupinus perennis ssp. gracilis | Sundial Lupine | |
| Lupinus plattensis | Nebraska Lupine Dune Bluebonnet | |
| Lupinus polyphyllus | Bigleaf Lupine Blue-pod Lupine Meadow Lupine Bog Lupine | |
| Lupinus pusillus | Rusty Lupine | |
| Lupinus rivularis | Riverbank Lupine | |
| Lupinus sellulus | Donner Lake Lupine | |
| Lupinus sericeus | Silky Lupine | |
| Lupinus sellulus var. lobbii | Donner Lake Lupine | |
| Lupinus sparsiflorus | Mojave Lupine Sand Lupine | |
| Lupinus stiversii | Harlequin Annual Lupine Harlequin Lupine | |
| Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet | |
| Lupinus subvexus | Valley Lupine | |
| Lupinus succulentus | Hollowleaf Annual Lupine Hollow-leaf Annual Lupine Arroyo Lupine Succulent Lupine | |
| Lupinus sulphureus | Sulphur Lupine | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Lupinus vallicola | Open Lupine | |
| Lupinus versicolor | Bluff Lupine Manycolored Lupine Varicolored Lupine | |
| Lupinus villosus | Lady Lupine Hairy Lupine | |
| Lupinus wyethii | Wyeth's Lupine | |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet Crabapple American Crab | |
| Malus fusca | Oregon Crabapple Pacific Crabapple | |
| Malus ioensis | Prairie Crabapple Iowa Crabapple Western Crabapple Prairie Crab Iowa Crab Western Crab | |
| Malus ioensis var. texana | Texas Crabapple Blanco Crabapple | |
| Mentzelia laevicaulis | Smoothstem Blazingstar Giant Blazingstar Evening Star Stick Leaf | |
| Mentzelia laevicaulis var. parviflora | Smoothstem Blazingstar | |
| Mentzelia multiflora | Adonis Blazingstar Prairie Stickleaf Blazingstar | |
| Monarda bradburiana | Eastern Beebalm Wild Bergamot Horsemint | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda citriodora ssp. austromontana | Lemon Beebalm | |
| Monarda clinopodia | White Bergamot | |
| Monarda clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm | |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm Oswego Tea Red Bergamot | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda fruticulosa | Shrubby Beebalm Shrubby Horsemint Spotted Beebalm | |
| Monardella lanceolata | Mustang Monardella | |
| Monarda lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Beebalm Lindheimer Beebalm | |
| Monardella linoides | Flaxleaf Monardella | |
| Monardella macrantha | Red Monardella Red Mountainbalm Hummingbird Mint Scarlet Coyote Mint | |
| Monarda media | Purple Bergamot | |
| Monardella odoratissima | Mountain Monardella Alpine Mountainbalm Coyote Mint Mountain Pennyroyal | |
| Monarda pectinata | Pony Beebalm | |
| Monardella pringlei | Pringle's Monardella | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata var. villicaulis | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Monarda russeliana | Redpurple Beebalm | |
| Monardella villosa | Coyote Mint | |
| Monardella viridis | Green Monardella | |
| Monarda viridissima | Green Beebalm | |
| Penstemon albidus | White Penstemon White Beardtongue Red-line Penstemon Red-line Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon buckleyi | Buckley's Penstemon Buckley's Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Penstemon Large Beardtongue Large-flower Penstemon Large-flower Beardtongue Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Penstemon Hairy Beardtongue | |
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