Special Value to Native Bees
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
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Gaillardia multiceps | Onion Blanketflower Gyp Indian Blanket | |
Gaillardia parryi | Parry's Blanketflower | |
Gaillardia pinnatifida | Red Dome Blanketflower Yellow Gaillardia Blanket Flower | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs | |
Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium Wild Geranium Cranesbill | |
Gilia achilleifolia | California Gilia California Gily-flower Showy Gilia | |
Gilia capitata | Bluehead Gilia Blue-head Gily-flower Globe Gilia Blue Gilia | |
Gilia latiflora | Hollyleaf Gilia | |
Gilia tricolor | Bird's-eye Gilia Bird's-eyes | |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota | American Licorice Wild Licorice | |
Grindelia adenodonta | Lonestar Gumweed | |
Grindelia camporum | Great Valley Gumweed | |
Grindelia decumbens | Reclined Gumweed | |
Grindelia grandiflora | Manyray Gumweed | |
Grusonia grahamii | Graham's Pricklypear Graham Dog Cactus Graham's Club Cholla | |
Grindelia havardii | Havard's Gumweed | |
Grindelia integrifolia | Puget Sound Gumweed | |
Grindelia lanceolata | Narrowleaf Gumweed Fall Gumweed | |
Grindelia microcephala | Littlehead Gumweed Gumweed | |
Grindelia nana | Idaho Gumweed | |
Grindelia nuda var. nuda | Curlytop Gumweed | |
Grindelia oolepis | Plains Gumweed | |
Grusonia parishii | Matted Cholla Devil Cholla | |
Grindelia papposa | Spanish Gold Clasping-leaved Haplopappus Saw-leaf Daisy | |
Grindelia scabra | Rough Gumweed | |
Grusonia schottii | Dog Cholla Big Bend Pricklypear | |
Grindelia squarrosa | Curlycup Gumweed | |
Grindelia stricta | Oregon Gumweed | |
Grindelia subalpina | Subalpine Gumweed | |
Hedysarum alpinum | Alpine Sweetvetch Alpine Sweet Broom Licorice Root Sweetbroom | |
Helenium amarum | Yellow Sneezeweed Bitterweed Yellow Bitterweed Yellowdicks Slender-leaved Sneezeweed Fine-leaved Sneezweed Yellow Dog-fennel | |
Helenium amarum var. amarum | Yellow Bitterweed Yellowdicks | |
Helenium amarum var. badium | Brown Bitterweed Basin Sneezeweed | |
Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower Narrowleaf Sunflower Narrow-leaved Sunflower | |
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower | |
Helianthus anomalus | Western Sunflower | |
Helianthus argophyllus | Silverleaf Sunflower | |
Heteromeles arbutifolia | Toyon California Christmasberry Christmasberry California Holly Hollywood | |
Helenium autumnale | Common Sneezeweed Fall Sneezeweed Autumn Sneezeweed | |
Helenium autumnale var. autumnale | Common Sneezeweed | |
Helenium autumnale var. montanum | Mountain Sneezeweed | |
Helenium bigelovii | Bigelow's Sneezeweed | |
Hedysarum boreale | Utah Sweetvetch Boreal Sweet-vetch Northern Sweetvetch | |
Helenium bolanderi | Coastal Sneezeweed | |
Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei | Northern Sweetvetch Boreal Sweetvetch | |
Helianthus californicus | California Sunflower | |
Helianthus ciliaris | Texas Blueweed | |
Hemizonia congesta ssp. luzulifolia | Hayfield Tarweed | |
Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope Seaside Heliotrope Quail Plant Cola De Mico Cola De Gama | |
Helianthus decapetalus | Thinleaf Sunflower Ten-petaled Sunflower Thin-leaved Sunflower Pale Sunflower | |
Helianthus debilis | Cucumberleaf Sunflower Cucumber-leaf Sunflower Beach Sunflower | |
Helianthus debilis ssp. cucumerifolius | Cucumberleaf Sunflower | |
Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helenium drummondii | Fringed Sneezeweed | |
Helenium elegans | Pretty Sneezeweed | |
Helenium flexuosum | Purplehead Sneezeweed Purple-head Sneezeweed | |
Helianthus giganteus | Giant Sunflower | |
Helianthus gracilentus | Slender Sunflower | |
Helianthus grosseserratus | Sawtooth Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus ×laetiflorus | Cheerful Sunflower | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Helenium microcephalum | Smallhead Sneezeweed | |
Helianthus mollis | Ashy Sunflower Downy Sunflower | |
Heliomeris multiflora | Showy Goldeneye | |
Helianthus neglectus | Neglected Sunflower | |
Helianthus niveus ssp. tephrodes | Algodones Sunflower Showy Sunflower | |
Helianthus nuttallii | Nuttall's Sunflower | |
Helianthus nuttallii ssp. nuttallii | Nuttall's Sunflower | |
Hedysarum occidentale | Western Sweetvetch Western Sweet-vetch | |
Helianthus occidentalis | Fewleaf Sunflower Western Sunflower | |
Helianthus pauciflorus | Stiff Sunflower Prairie Sunflower | |
Helianthus paradoxus | Paradox Sunflower Puzzle Sunflower Pecos Sunflower | |
Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus | Stiff Sunflower | |
Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus | Stiff Sunflower | |
Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower Plains Sunflower | |
Helianthus praecox | Texas Sunflower | |
Helianthus praecox ssp. runyonii | Runyon's Sunflower | |
Helenium puberulum | Rosilla | |
Helianthus pumilus | Little Sunflower | |
Helenium quadridentatum | Longdisk Sneezeweed Sneezeweed | |
Helianthus salicifolius | Willowleaf Sunflower Willow-leaved Sunflower | |
Helianthus simulans | Muck Sunflower Narrow-leaved Sunflower Swamp Sunflower | |
Helianthus strumosus | Paleleaf Woodland Sunflower Paleleaf Sunflower Woodland Sunflower | |
Hedysarum sulphurescens | White Sweetvetch | |
Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke Sunchoke | |
Helenium vernale | Savanna Sneezeweed | |
Holodiscus discolor | Ocean Spray Hillside Ocean-spray Cream Bush Mountain Spray | |
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum | Great Waterleaf Appendaged Waterleaf | |
Hypericum ascyron | Great St. John's-wort Giant St. John's-wort | |
Hyptis emoryi | Desert Lavender | |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf Eastern Waterleaf Shawnee Salad | |
Krigia biflora | Two-flower Dwarf Dandelion Two-flower Cynthia Dwarf Dandelion | |
Lasthenia californica | California Goldfields | |
Lasthenia glabrata | Yellowray Goldfields Yellow-ray Goldfields California Sunshine | |
Layia glandulosa | White-daisy Tidytips White Tidytips | |
Layia platyglossa | Coastal Tidytips | |
Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
Liatris acidota | Sharp Blazing Star Sharp Gayfeather Sharp Liatris | |
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