Butterflies Host Plants

Host Plants for Southern California Butterflies

Southern California Butterflies Host Plants

American Painted Lady

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), California Sagebrush (Atremisia californica), Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana), Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)

Anise Swallowtail

Common Rue, Lomatium (Lomatium utriculatum)

Buckeye

Snapdragon, Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia), Plantains, Bush Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)

California Dogface

False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa and Amorpha californica)

California Sister

Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)

Checkered White

Mustards

Cloudless Sulphur

Cassia (Cassia bicapsularis), Senna

Common Hairstreak

Buckwheat (Eriogonum)

Funeral Duskywing

Deerweed (Lotus scoparius)

Giant Swallowtail

Citrus, Common Rue (Ruta graveolens)

Gulf Fritillary

Passion Vine (Passiflora)

Monarch Butterfly

Milkweed (Asclepias)

Mourning Cloak

Willow (Salix), Elm, Hackberry, Cottonwood

Painted Lady

Hollyhock, Mallow, Cheeseweed (Malvacea), Thistle (Asteraceae), Lupine (Lupinus), Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii)

Pale Swallowtail

California Coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica), California Lilac (Ceanothus), Holly Leaf Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia), Sycamore (Platanus)

Orange Sulfur

False Indigo (Amorpha californica)

Queen Butterfly

Milkweed (Asclepias)

Red Admiral

Baby Tears Moss (Soleirolia soleirolii), Nettle (Urtica holosericea)

Sara Orange Tip

Mustards

West Coast Lady

Mallow, Hollyhock, Nettles (Urtica holosericea)

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Willow (Salix), Poplar, Aspen, Alder

 

Butterfly Garden Seed ShakerButterfly Garden Seeds

Attract butterflies and birds to your garden from Spring through Fall, year after year. The Butterfly Garden Seed Shaker has enough seed to cover approximately 100 square feet.

Adorn Your Butterfly Garden with delightful butterfly inspired accessories. Obsession With Butterflies offers fine products that honor and capture the beauty of butterflies in every way. Whether you are looking for butterfly whimsey to warm the home or simply warm the heart, we know you will find what you're looking for here!

Butterfly Gifts for the Garden include hand painted butterfly houses, candle holders, butterfly signs and colorful and inviting stepping stones. They will certainly be enjoyed by all who visit, friends, family and butterflies too!

Links for Butterfly Host Plants, California Native Plants and Seeds

Butterfly Encounters - Carries over 20 species of milkweed seeds. Creating habitat for monarch butterflies, one garden at a time...

Las Pilitas Nursery - Las Pilitas Nursery grows a whole lot of California friendly native plants. Located in Santa Margarita and Escondido.

Tree of Life Nursery - Over 500 species and varieties of native plants for landscaping and ecological restoration. Located on 40 acres of the historic Rancho Mission Viejo in San Juan Capistrano, Tree of Life Nursery, the largest native plant supplier in the state, provides a means by which California’s precious flora can return to the land.

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