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Butterfly larval plants

 

Plant
Color
Height
Butterfly Larva Species
Clover Family
Multicolor
2 - 18 inches
Blues, Sulphurs
Dock
Green
12 - 72 inches
Coppers
Elm
N/A
Tree
Mourning Cloak, Question Mark
Grasses
N/A
2 - 24 inches
Fiery Skipper, Grass Nymphs, Satyrs
Hackberry
N/A
Tree
Hackberry, Tawny Emperor, Snout
Hawthorn
N/A
Tree
Gray Hairstreak, Banded Purple
Mallow Family (Cheeseweed)
White, Lavender
6 - 36 inches
West Coast Lady, Common Hairstreak, Checkered Skipper
Milkweed
Lavender, Pink
24 - 48 inches
Monarch
Mustard Family
Yellow
6 - 36 inches
Whites
Nettle
Green
24 - 48 inches
Tortoise Shell, Painted Lady, Question Mark, Red Admiral, Hop Merchant (or Comma)
Parsley Family
White, Yellow
6 - 36 inches
Black Swallowtail, Anise Swallowtail
Plantain
White, Green
3 - 8 inches
Buckeye
Poplar
N/A
Tree
Mourning Cloak, White Admiral, Viceroy, Banded and Red-Spotted Purple, Western Tiger Swallowtail
Senna (Cassia)
Yellow
12 - 48 inches
Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange
Sorrel
Reddish Green
4 - 15 inches
American Copper
Spicebush
Yellow
Shrub
Spicebush Swallowtail
Thistle
Purple
24 - 60 inches
Painted Lady
Turtlehead
White, Pink
12 - 48 inches
Baltimore
Violet
Purple
2 - 6 inches
Fritillary
Wild Cherry
N/A
Tree
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Coral Hairstreak, Red-Spotted Purple
Willow
N/A
Tree
Comma, Tortoise Shell, Viceroy, Red-Spotted Purple, White Admiral, Sylvan Hairstreak

 

 
 
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