Top native borages
10 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
caterpillars
2
bees
12
food
4
flowers
119
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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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Gypsum Phacelia
Phacelia integrifolia
caterpillars
1
bees
2
food
1
flowers
49
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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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Alkali Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
bees
3
food
11
flowers
92
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Texas Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila phacelioides
food
1
flowers
6
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Western Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum occidentale
flowers
3