What supports Melissa Blue
464
native plants
support it in the US
285
caterpillar hosts
179
flowers
support it in the US
Caterpillar hosts All
285 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.
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Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
keystone
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Wild Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
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White Point-vetch
Oxytropis sericea
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Large-leaved Lupine
Lupinus polyphyllus
keystone
on lupines
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Miniature Lupine
Lupinus bicolor
keystone
on lupines
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Coastal Bush Lupine
Lupinus arboreus
on lupines
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Silvery Lupine
Lupinus argenteus
keystone
on lupines
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Arroyo Lupine
Lupinus succulentus
keystone
on lupines
Nectar plants All
179 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.
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Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
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Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
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White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
keystone
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Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata
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Fireweed
Chamaenerion angustifolium
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Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
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White Prairie Aster
Symphyotrichum falcatum
keystone