Top native bluebells
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Mountain Bluebells
Mertensia ciliata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
15
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Tall Bluebell
Mertensia paniculata
caterpillars
2
flowers
14
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Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
58
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Prairie Bluebells
Mertensia lanceolata
flowers
21
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Long Bluebells
Mertensia longiflora
flowers
10
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Shortstyle Bluebells
Mertensia brevistyla
flowers
8
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Sagebrush Bluebell
Mertensia oblongifolia
flowers
6
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Franciscan Bluebells
Mertensia franciscana
flowers
5
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Aspen Bluebells
Mertensia arizonica
flowers
4
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Broadleaf Bluebells
Mertensia subcordata
flowers
4
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Oregon Lungwort
Mertensia bella
flowers
4
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Toiyabe Bluebells
Mertensia cusickii
flowers
4
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Rocky Mountain Bluebells
Mertensia humilis
flowers
4
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Short-sepal Bluebells
Mertensia brachycalyx
flowers
4
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Sierra Bluebells
Mertensia nevadensis
flowers
3
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Mertensia nivalis
flowers
3
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Macdougal's Bluebell
Mertensia macdougalii
flowers
1
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Shade Bluebells
Mertensia umbratilis