Bloom Native gardener's
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  7. Polyommatus
  8. Polyommatus icarus
  9. Common Blue
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What supports Common Blue

47 native plants
support it in the US
5 caterpillar hosts 42 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

5 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Field Locoweed Oxytropis campestris
  • Marsh Pea Lathyrus palustris
  • Leafy Pea Lathyrus polyphyllus
  • Alpine Milkvetch Astragalus alpinus
  • Indian Milkvetch Astragalus australis

Nectar plants All

42 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
  • Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis keystone
  • Common Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
  • Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
  • Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus keystone
  • Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
  • Common Silverweed Argentina anserina
  • Pineapple-weed Matricaria discoidea
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