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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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab | |
| Mahonia aquifolium | Holly-leaved Barberry Holly-leaf Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera bigelovii | Bigelow's Tansyaster Sticky Aster | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet Crabapple American Crab | |
| Madia elegans | Common Madia Elegant Madia | |
| 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 | |
| Mahonia pinnata | Wavyleaf Barberry Shinyleaf Mahonia California Barberry | |
| Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry Creeping Oregon-grape | |
| Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint | |
| 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 | |
| Nemophila breviflora | Basin Nemophila Great Basin Baby-blue-eyes Great Basin Nemophila | |
| Nemophila maculata | Fivespot | |
| Nemophila menziesii | Baby Blue Eyes Menzies Baby Blue Eyes | |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
| Oenothera albicaulis | Whitest Evening-primrose White-stem Evening-primrose Pale Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose King's Cure-all Common Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera brachycarpa | Shortfruit Evening-primrose Short-fruit Evening-primrose Shortfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera caespitosa | Tufted Evening Primrose Gumbo Evening Primrose Gumbo Lily Fragrant Evening Primrose Tufted Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera canescens | Spotted Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera coronopifolia | Crownleaf Evening-primrose Crownleaf Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera deltoides | Birdcage Evening-primrose Fragrant Primrose Desert Evening-primrose Birdcage Primrose Dune Evening Primrose Devil's-lantern | |
| Oenothera drummondii | Beach Evening-primrose Beach Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera elata | Hooker's Evening-primrose Hooker's Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima | Hooker's Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Hooker's Evening-primrose Giant Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera engelmannii | Engelmann's Evening-primrose Engelmann Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera flava | Yellow Evening-primrose Long-tube Evening-primrose Shortfin Evening-primrose Yellow Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose Sundrops Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose Sundrops | |
| Oenothera grandis | Showy Evening-primrose Largeflower Eveningprimrose Showy Eveningprimrose | |
| Oenothera heterophylla | Variable-leaf Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
| Oenothera kunthiana | Kunth's Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera linifolia | Threadleaf Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Silver Leaf Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera neomexicana | New Mexico Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera nuttallii | Nuttall's Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera oakesiana | Oakes' Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera pallida | Pale Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera parviflora | Northern Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata | White Sands Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera perennis | Little Evening-primrose Sundrops | |
| Oenothera pilosella | Meadow Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera primiveris | Desert Evening-primrose Yellow-flower Desert Evening-primrose Bottle Evening Primrose Large Yellow Desert Primrose | |
| Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose Four-point Evening Primrose Diamond Petal Primrose Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera spachiana | Spach's Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Oenothera tetraptera | Fourwing Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa | Hairy Evening-primrose Common Evening-primrose Common Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera villosa ssp. villosa | Hairy Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera xylocarpa | Woodyfruit Evening-primrose | |
| Oligoneuron album | Prairie Goldenrod Prairie Flat-top-goldenrod Upland White Aster Stiff Aster Sneezewort Aster | |
| Oligoneuron ohioense | Ohio Goldenrod | |
| Oligoneuron rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod Hard-leaf Goldenrod | |
| Oligoneuron riddellii | Riddell's Goldenrod | |
| Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod | |
| Opuntia atrispina | Border Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia basilaris | Beavertail Prickly Pear Beavertail Pricklypear Beavertail Cactus | |
| Opuntia chlorotica | Dollarjoint Pricklypear Clock-face Prickly-pear Pancake Pear Silver-dollar Cactus | |
| Opuntia cymochila | Grassland Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless Prickly Pear Tigertongue South Texas Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis | Cactus Apple | |
| Opuntia fragilis | Brittle Prickly Pear Fragile Prickly Pear Pygmy Prickly Pear Brittle Cactus | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
| Opuntia littoralis | Coastal Pricklypear Short Coastal Prickly-pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
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