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Asperugeae

Asperugeae

Includes
19 native 8 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Bluebells 18 native
  • Madwort 1 native
  • Memoremea

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Asperugeae All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Mountain Bluebells Mertensia ciliata caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 15
  • Tall Bluebell Mertensia paniculata caterpillars 2 flowers 14
  • Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica caterpillars 1 hosts 1 flowers 58
  • Madwort Asperugo procumbens food 4 flowers 4
  • Prairie Bluebells Mertensia lanceolata flowers 21
  • Long Bluebells Mertensia longiflora flowers 10
  • Shortstyle Bluebells Mertensia brevistyla flowers 8
  • Sagebrush Bluebell Mertensia oblongifolia flowers 6
  • Franciscan Bluebells Mertensia franciscana flowers 5
  • Aspen Bluebells Mertensia arizonica flowers 4
  • Broadleaf Bluebells Mertensia subcordata flowers 4
  • Oregon Lungwort Mertensia bella flowers 4
  • Toiyabe Bluebells Mertensia cusickii flowers 4
  • Rocky Mountain Bluebells Mertensia humilis flowers 4
  • Short-sepal Bluebells Mertensia brachycalyx flowers 4
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