Purple Passionflower
Citizen Science in Action
Native flowers create beauty in a butterfly garden. At the same time, they provide food and nectar that are essential to helping butterflies thrive and reproduce. The plants listed in the table below have been selected and rated by NABA members as important native flowering plants for butterfly gardening in South Florida.
A butterfly garden should contain plants that provide food for all stages of a butterfly’s life. Caterpillars require very specific plants for food and butterflies need nectar from flowers. Choosing a variety plants from the list below will increase the chances that butterflies commonly found in your area will be able to reproduce in your garden.
| English Name | Scientific Name | Plant Type | Caterpillar Food for: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Porterweed | Stachytarpheta jamaicensis | Perennial | Tropical Buckeye |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | Monarch, Queen, Soldier |
| Firewheel | Gaillarida pulchella | Annual | Not a caterpillar food plant |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | Perennial | Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange, Little Yellow, Ceraunus Blue, Gray Hairstreak |
| Tropical Milkweed | Asclepias curassavica | Perennial | Monarch, Soldier, Queen |
| Turkey Tangle Fogfruit | Phlya nodiflora | Perennial | Common Buckeye, Phaon Crescent, White Peacock |
| Water Dropwort | Oxypolis filiformis | Perennial | Black Swallowtail |
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