Written by Want Butterflies ? Dara Dobson Florida native plants will bring them to your yard… sh Firebu Plan to use plants that provide nectar and host plants that provide food to raise their caterpillars. Remember to include a water source. Butterfly Weed
12 top Florida native plant choices: Passion Vine Sparkleberry Groundsel Butterfly Weed Liatris Ironweed Asters Porterweed Oak Trees JoePye Weed Scarlet Salvia Sassafras Tree Buttonbush ot Bergam All Aster species Symphyotrichum sp Starry rosinweed Silphium astericus Climbing Aster Aster carolinianus Violets Vilola floridana Eastern Silver Aster Aster con color Dotted Horsemint Monarda punctata Spani sh Ne Elliott’s Aster Aster elliottii Yellow Buttons Balduina andgustifolia edles Bushy White Aster Aster dumosus Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrichium species White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricata Twinflower Dychoriste oblongifolia Stokes Aster Stokesia laevis Scarlet Hibiscus Hibiscus coccinea Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa False Foxglove Agalinis prpurea Pink Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Paint Brush Carphephorus corymbosus White Milkweed Asclepias perennis Phlox sp. Phlox divaricata, P.pilosa Bur Marigold Bidens laevis Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Spanish Needles Bidens pilosa Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens Goldenrods Solidago species New jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans Purple Thistle Cirsium horridulum Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Mist Flower Conoclinium coelestinum Pipevine Aristolochia tomentosa Coreopsis 14 Coreopsis species Frogfruit Phyla nodiflora Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Spicebush Lindera benzoin Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium Blueberries Vaccinium species Beach Verbena Glandularia canadensis Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Swamp Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius Paw Paw Asimina triloba, A.parviflora Rayless Sunflower Helianthus radula Chickasaw plum tree Prunus angustifolia Liatris sp. Liatris spicata, Liatris spp. Flatwoods Plum Prunus umbellata Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis Toothache Tree Zanthoxylum clava-herculis BlackEyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta sp. Wild Cherry Prunus serotina Brown Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba Winged Sumac Tree Rhus copallina Yellow Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida Live Oak Tree Quercus virginiana, and many Oak sp. Wild Petunia Ruellia caroliniensis Willow Oak Quercus phellos Porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia Fl. Elephant’s Foot Elephantopus alatus Red Bay Tree Persea borbonia Adam’s Needle Yucca filamentosa Redbud Tree Cercis canadensis Giant Ironweed Vernonia gigantea Sugarberry Tree Celtis laevigata Blanket Flower Gaillardia pulchella MayHaw tree Crataegus aestivalis Flyr’s Nemesis Brickellia cordifolia Parsley Haw Tree Crataegus marshallii Prairie coneflower Ratibida pinnata Sand Pine Tree Pinus clausa C Wild Indigo Baptisia alba Cherry Laurel Tree Prunus carolnina ypre ss V Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit Sassafras Tree Sassafras albidum ine Red Buckeye Tree Aesulus pavia Tulip Poplar Tree Liriodendron tulipifera *This is a partial list of Florida native plants that attract butterflies. There are many more not listed !
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