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Tidestromia suffruticosa, the shrubby honeysweet, is a perennial plant in the pigweed family (Amaranthaceae) of the southwestern United States deserts. It has one of the highest rates of photosynthesis ever recorded. This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2014)

Plant type

Annual herb

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 7 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Western Pygmy-Blue

Brephidium exilis

Dieunomia nevadensis

Reakirt's Blue

Echinargus isola

Ceraunus Blue

Hemiargus ceraunus