Butterfly Plants
Abelia grandiflora ~ Monarch Butterfly
Achillea cerise queen ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea clavennae ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea filipendulina Coronation Gold ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea kellereri ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea moonshine ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea paprika ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea pomegranate ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea salmon beauty ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea terracotta ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Achillea tomentosa ~ Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks
Adenostoma fasciculatum ~ Hairstreaks, Spring Azure,
Marine Blue
Agastache aurantiaca apricot sunrise ~ Monarch Butterfly,
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Althea rosea ~ Fiery Skipper, Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks,
Painted Lady
Alyogyne ~ Fiery Skipper,
Variable Checkerspot, Hairstreaks, Painted Lady
Amaranthus ~ Mournful Duskywing
Amorpha californica ~ California Dogface
Amsinkia ~ Painted Lady
Antirrhinum multiflorum ~ Common Buckeye
Aquilegia formosa ~ Sphinx Moth
Arbutus unedo ~ Monarch Butterfly
Arctostaphylos Howard McMinn ~ Monarch Butterfly
Asclepias californica ~ Monarch Butterfly
Asclepias cordifolia ~ Monarch Butterfly
Asclepias eriocarpa ~ Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady, Tarantula Hawk
Asclepias erosa ~ Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady, Tarantula Hawk, Asclepias fascicularis ~ Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady
Asclepias liniaria ~ Monarch Butterfly
Asclepias speciosa ~ Monarch Butterfly
Ascelpias tuberosa ~ Monarch Butterfly
Aster chilensis ~ Common Buckeye, Skippers
Baccharis pilularis ~ Common Buckeye
Beloperone californica ~ Painted Lady
Buddleia asiatica ~ Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Mourning Cloak
Buddleia Black Knight ~ Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Mourning Cloak
Buddleia Harlequin ~ Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Mourning Cloak
Buddleia Lochinch ~ Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Mourning Cloak
Buddliea Nanho Purple ~ Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Mourning Cloak
Buddleia Pink Delight ~ Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Mourning Cloak
Buddleia Honeycomb ~ Red Admiral, Swallowtails, Mourning Cloak
Calliandra californica ~ Spring Azure
Ceanothus ~ California tortoise shell, California hairstreak
Centaurea gymnocarpa ~ Painted Lady, Monarch Butterfly
Cassia artemesioides ~ Marine Blue, Sulfur
Castilleja exserta * Variable Checkerspot
Ceanothus ~ Spring Azure,
Pale Tiger Swallowtail
Cercis occidentalis ~ Mormon Metalmark, Mournful Duskywing, Muir's Hairstreak
Chrysothamnus nauseosus ~ Common Buckeye, Spring Azure
Cirsium occidentale ~ Painted Lady
Collinsia heterophylla ~ Variable Checkerspot,
Spring Azure
Dodecatheon clevelandii ~ Gray Blue, Arctic Blue
Duranta erecta ~ Summer nectar source
Echinacea purpurea ~ Summer nectar source
Echinacea Sunset ~ Summer nectar source
Encelia californica ~ Common Buckeye, Monarch Butterfly,
Spring Azure
Encelia farinosa ~ Common Buckeye, Monarch Butterfly,
Spring Azure
Ericameria nauseosa ~ Common Buckeye, Spring Azure
Erigeron Bountiful ~ Painted Lady, California Dogface, Common Buckeye
Erigeron karvinskianaus ~ Painted Lady, California Dogface, Common Buckeye
Erigeron Sea Breeze ~ Painted Lady, California Dogface, Common Buckeye
Erigeron Wayne Roderick ~ Painted Lady, California Dogface, Common Buckeye
Eriodictyon crassifolium ~ Checkerspots, Common Buckeye, Swallowtails and more
Eriogonum arboresens ~ Spring Azure, Hairstreaks
Eriogonum cinereum ~ Mormon Metalmark, Mournful Duskywing, Spring Azure, Hairstreaks
Eriogonum crocatum ~ Spring Azure, Hairstreaks
Eriogonum grande rubescens ~ Spring Azure, Hairstreaks
Eriogonum fasciculatum ~ Mormon Metalmark, Mournful Duskywing, Spring Azure, Hairstreaks
Eriogonum incanum ~ Hairstreaks
Eriognoum umbellatum ~ Spring Azure, Hairstreaks
Foeniculum vulgare ~ Anise Swallowtail
Fraxinus dipetala ~ Pale Tiger Swallowtail
Gnaphalium californicum ~ Painted Lady
Hibiscus ~ Common Hairstreak ~ Fiery Skipper
Hyptis emoryi Silver Lining ~ Nectar source for Monarch Butterfly, Spring Azure and others
Lantana ~ California Dogface, Monarch Butterfly, Fiery Skipper
Lavandula dentata ~ Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Sara Orangetip
Lavandula dentata candicans ~ Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Sara Orangetip
Lavandula Goodwin Creek Grey ~ Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Sara Orangetip
Lavandula multifida ~ Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Sara Orangetip
Lavandula provence ~ Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Sara Orangetip
Lavatera assurgentiflora ~ Painted Lady, Fiery Skipper
Lavatera Barnsley ~ Painted Lady, Fiery Skipper
Lavatera bicolor ~ Painted Lady, Fiery Skipper
Lobelia laxiflora ~ Western Tiger Swallowtail
Lonicera japonica purpurea ~ Great Ash Sphinx Moth
Lupinus bicolor ~ Blue's and Hairstreaks, Orange Sulphur
Lupinus chamissonis ~ Blue's and Hairstreaks
Lupinus succulentus ~ West Coast Lady, Orange Sulphur
Malacothamnus fasciculatus ~ Late Spring and Summer nectar source
Mimulus aurantiacus ~ Common Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot
Mimulus flemingii ~ Common Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot
Mimulus Georgie Red Common Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot
Mimulus Jack ~ Common Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot
Mimulus Midnight ~ Common Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot
Mimulus puniceus ~ Common Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot
Mimulus Ruby Silver ~ Common Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot
Monarda didyma ~ Gulf Fritillary
Monardella ~ Red Admiral, Monarch Butterfly, Swallowtail, Painted Lady, California Dogface
Nepeta faassenii ~ Fiery Skipper
Orthocarpus purpurascens ~ Variable Checkerspot
Osteospermum fruticosum ~ Painted Lady
Passiflora alata ~ Gulf Fritillary
Passiflora caerulea ~ Gulf Fritillary
Passiflora Incense ~ Gulf Fritillary
Penstemon apple blossom ~ Checkerspot
Penstemon centrathifolius ~ Checkerspot
Penstemon grinnellii ~ Checkerspot
Penstemon heterophyllus ~ Checkerspot
Penstemon Margarita BOP ~ Checkerspot
Penstemon mexical Red Rocks ~ Checkerspot
Pentas lanceolata ~ Western Tiger Swallowtail
Perovskia atriplicifolia ~ Fiery Skipper
Phyla nodiflora ~ Common Buckeye larval food for Crescent Butterflies
Platanus racemosa ~ Western Tiger Swallowtail
Plumbago auriculata ~ Marine Blue, Red Admiral
Populus trichocarpa * Lorquin's Admiral
Prunus andersonii * Glovers Silk Moth
Prunus ilicifolia ~ Pale
Swallowtail, Western Tiger Swallowtail, Lorquin's Admiral
Prunus ilicifolia lyonii ~
Pale Swallowtail, Western Tiger Swallowtail, Lorquin's Admiral
Quercus agrifolia ~ California Sister
Rhamnus californica * Pale Tiger Swallowtail
Rhamnus crocea * Pale Tiger Swallowtail
Salix lasiolepis ~ Western Tiger Swallowtail, Mourning Cloak, Viceroy, Red Admiral, Lorquin's Admiral
Salvia Allen Chickering ~ Checkerspots, California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper
Salvia brandegeei ~ Checkerspots, California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper
Salvia clevelandii ~ Checkerspots, California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper
Salvia coahuilensis ~ Checkerspots, California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper
Salvia leucantha ~ Checkerspots, California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper
Salvia mellifera ~ Checkerspots, California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper
Salvia microphylla ~ California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary
Salvia Terra Seca ~ Checkerspots, California Dogface, Gulf Fritillary, Hairstreaks, Fiery Skipper
Salvia uliginosa ~ Mournful Duskywing
Scabiosa caucasica ~ Fiery Skipper, Variable Checkerspot
Scabiosa columbaria ~ Fiery Skipper, Variable Checkerspot
Scabiosa cretica ~ Fiery Skipper, Variable Checkerspot
Scabiosa farinosa ~ Fiery Skipper, Variable Checkerspot
Scabiosa ochroleuca ~ Fiery Skipper, Variable Checkerspot
Sidalcea malvaeflora ~ Larval food for blues, Spring Azure
Sphaeralcea ambigua ~ Painted Lady, Fiery Skipper
Solidago californica ~ Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady, Hairstreak, Blue, Skipper, Mournful Duskywing, Checkerspot
Symphyotrichon chilense ~ Common Buckeye, Skippers
Tithonia rotundifolia ~ Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady, Hairstreak, Skipper, Checkerspot
Trichostema lanatum ~ California Dogface, Monarch Butterfly, Western Tiger Swallowtail
Vaccinium ~ Sulpher, Spring Azure
Verbena bonariensis ~ Gulf Fritillary
Verbena rigida ~ Gulf Fritillary
Yucca brevifolia ~ Giant White Skipper
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