Top native borages
22 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Menzies' Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
caterpillars
2
bees
2
food
7
flowers
45
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Fivespot
Nemophila maculata
caterpillars
2
bees
2
food
2
flowers
12
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Purple Phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida
caterpillars
2
bees
1
flowers
16
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Blue Curls
Phacelia congesta
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
31
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Large-seeded Forget-me-not
Myosotis macrosperma
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
15
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Anacua
Ehretia anacua
caterpillars
2
food
2
flowers
3
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Mountain Bluebells
Mertensia ciliata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
15
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Gypsum Phacelia
Phacelia integrifolia
caterpillars
1
bees
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
58
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Virginia Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
56
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Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
18
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Silverleaf Phacelia
Phacelia hastata
bees
15
food
1
flowers
106
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Silky Phacelia
Phacelia sericea
bees
7
food
1
flowers
58
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Bolander's Phacelia
Phacelia bolanderi
bees
1
food
1
flowers
45
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Great Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
bees
1
flowers
57
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Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
food
2
flowers
52
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Texas Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila phacelioides
food
1
flowers
6
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Great Basin Nemophila
Nemophila breviflora
food
1
flowers
2
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Scorpion's-tail
Heliotropium angiospermum
flowers
63
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Pacific Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum tenuipes
flowers
9
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Franciscan Bluebells
Mertensia franciscana
flowers
5
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Dwarf Hesperochiron
Hesperochiron pumilus
flowers
3