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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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| Liatris aestivalis | Summer Gayfeather Summer Blazing Star Summer Liatris | |
| Limnanthes alba | White Meadowfoam | |
| Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
| Liatris aspera var. intermedia | Intermediate Rough Gayfeather Intermediate Rough Blazing Star Intermediate Rough Liatris Tall Gayfeather Tall Blazing Star Tall Liatris | |
| Liatris bracteata | Bracted Blazing Star Bracted Gayfeather Bracted Liatris | |
| Liatris cylindracea | Ontario Blazing Star Ontario Gayfeather Ontario Liatris Dwarf Blazing Star Dwarf Gayfeather Dwarf Liatris | |
| Limnanthes douglasii | Douglas' Meadowfoam Douglas Meadowfoam | |
| Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
| Liatris elegans var. carizzana | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
| Limnanthes gracilis | Slender Meadowfoam | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax Prairie Flax Lewis Flax Lewis's Flax | |
| Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax Blue Flax | |
| Liatris ligulistylis | Rocky Mountain Blazing Star Rocky Mountain Gayfeather Rocky Mountain Liatris Meadow Blazing Star Meadow Gayfeather Meadow Liatris | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Prairie Gayfeather Prairie Liatris Kansas Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Kansas Liatris Cat-tail Blazing Star Cat-tail Gayfeather Cat-tail Liatris Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| 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 | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
| Linum sulcatum | Grooved Flax Yellow Prairie Flax | |
| Liatris tenuis | Gulf Blazing Star Gulf Gayfeather Gulf Liatris | |
| Liatris tenuifolia | Shortleaf Blazing Star Slender Blazing Star Shortleaf Gayfeather Shortleaf Liatris Fineleaf Blazing Star Fineleaf Gayfeather Fineleaf Liatris | |
| Limnanthes vinculans | Sebastopol Meadowfoam | |
| Liatris virgata | Wand Blazing Star Wand Gayfeather Wand Liatris Grassleaf Blazing Star Grassleaf Gayfeather Grassleaf Liatris | |
| Lomatium ambiguum | Wyeth Biscuitroot Swale Desert-parsley | |
| Lomatium dasycarpum | Woollyfruit Desertparsley Woolly-fruit Desert-parsley | |
| Lomatium dissectum | Fernleaf Biscuitroot Fernleaf Desert-parsley | |
| Lotus formosissimus | Seaside Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
| Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. daucifolium | Desert Biscuitroot | |
| Lotus grandiflorus | Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
| Lotus humistratus | Foothill Deervetch Hill Lotus | |
| Lotus oblongifolius | Streambank Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
| Lotus plebeius | New Mexico Bird's-foot Trefoil Pine Deervetch Longbract Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
| Lotus rigidus | Shrubby Deervetch | |
| Lotus scoparius | Common Deerweed Deerweed | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
| Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
| Lomatium triternatum | Nineleaf Biscuitroot Narrowleaf Desert-parsley | |
| Lomatium utriculatum | Common Lomatium Spring Gold | |
| Lotus wrightii | Wright's Deervetch | |
| 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 | |
| Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife Fringed Yellow Loosestrife | |
| Lysimachia hybrida | Lowland Yellow Loosestrife | |
| Lysimachia quadriflora | Fourflower Yellow Loosestrife Narrowleaf Loosestrife | |
| Lysimachia quadrifolia | Whorled Yellow Loosestrife Whorled Loosestrife Prairie Loosestrife | |
| Lysimachia terrestris | Earth Loosestrife Swamp Candles | |
| Lysimachia thyrsiflora | Tufted Loosestrife | |
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