Perennial · Cleome serrulata
Rocky Mountain bee plant for backyard birds
Nectar-rich in summer, seed for finches in fall.
- Scientific name
- Cleome serrulata
- Plant type
- Perennial
- What birds get from it
- seed, nectar
- Native in
- 17 US states, 4 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 86
Birds most often fed by Rocky Mountain bee plant
Counted across every state and province where Rocky Mountain bee plant is native and the bird is present:
- Common Redpoll — 22 regions
- American Goldfinch — 21 regions
- Mourning Dove — 21 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 21 regions
- Song Sparrow — 21 regions
- Chipping Sparrow — 21 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 21 regions
- Pine Siskin — 21 regions
- House Sparrow — 21 regions
- Eurasian Collared-Dove — 21 regions
- American Crow — 21 regions
- Mallard — 21 regions
Rocky Mountain bee plant by state and province
Alberta (45 birds)Arizona (52 birds)British Columbia (49 birds)Colorado (49 birds)Idaho (48 birds)Kansas (54 birds)Manitoba (42 birds)Minnesota (47 birds)Montana (48 birds)Nebraska (54 birds)Nevada (54 birds)New Mexico (56 birds)North Dakota (52 birds)Oklahoma (57 birds)Oregon (47 birds)Saskatchewan (43 birds)South Dakota (53 birds)Texas (66 birds)Utah (49 birds)Washington (48 birds)Wyoming (47 birds)