Top native blue-eyed grasses
28 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Strict Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium montanum
food
5
flowers
12
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Western Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
food
3
flowers
24
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Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
food
1
flowers
48
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Idaho Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense
food
1
flowers
25
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Prairie Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
food
1
flowers
9
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Eastern Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
food
1
flowers
9
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White Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium albidum
food
1
flowers
8
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Sword-leaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium ensigerum
food
1
flowers
7
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Needle-tipped Blue-eyed-grass
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
food
1
flowers
7
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Roadside Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium langloisii
food
1
flowers
7
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Nash's Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium nashii
food
1
flowers
7
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Jeweled Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium xerophyllum
food
1
flowers
6
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Stiff Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium demissum
food
1
flowers
6
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Spearbract Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum
food
1
flowers
6
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Golden-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
food
1
flowers
5
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Coastal Plain Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
flowers
7
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Sisyrinchium capillare
flowers
7
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Alabama Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium calciphilum
flowers
6
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White Irisette
Sisyrinchium dichotomum
flowers
5
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Hitchcock's Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium hitchcockii
flowers
4
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Nevada Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium halophilum
flowers
4
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Elmer's Yellow-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium elmeri
flowers
4
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Miami Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium miamiense
flowers
4
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Death Valley Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium funereum
flowers
3
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Timberland Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium longipes
flowers
2
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Bigroot Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium radicatum
flowers
2
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Pale Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium sarmentosum
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Hawai'i Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium acre