Top native blue-eyed marys
21 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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San Francisco Collinsia
Collinsia multicolor
caterpillars
4
flowers
6
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Purple Chinese Houses
Collinsia heterophylla
caterpillars
3
food
2
flowers
20
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Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
28
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Torrey's Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia torreyi
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Sticky Chinese Houses
Collinsia tinctoria
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Child's Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia childii
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Wright's Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia wrightii
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Desert Mountain Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia callosa
caterpillars
3
food
1
flowers
6
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Spring Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia verna
caterpillars
3
flowers
37
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Giant Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia grandiflora
caterpillars
3
flowers
10
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Fewflower Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia sparsiflora
caterpillars
3
flowers
8
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Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia linearis
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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White Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia bartsiifolia
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Greene's Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia greenei
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Sticky Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia rattanii
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Broad Leaved Collinsia
Collinsia latifolia
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Concolorous Chinese Houses
Collinsia concolor
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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Parry's Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia parryi
caterpillars
3
flowers
5
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Violet Blue Eyed Mary
Collinsia violacea
caterpillars
1
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Round-headed Chinese-houses
Collinsia corymbosa
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San Antonio Collinsia
Collinsia antonina