Plants that Attract Butterflies
Annuals
- Fuchsia
- Heliotrope
- Lantana
- Mints
- Nicotiana
- Petunia
- Rudbeckia
- Verbena
Perennials
- Achillea
- Agastache
- Alcea
- Aquilegia canadensis
- Armeria
- Aruncus dioicus
- Asclepias tuberosa
- Aster laevis
- Aster novae-angeliae
- Boltonia
- Caryopteris
- Ceratostigma
- Chelone
- Cimicifuga
- Coreopsis
- Delphinium
- Dianthus
- Echinacea
- Echinops
- Eupatorium
- Gaillardia
- Gaura
- Geranium
- Helenium
- Helianthus
- Heliopsis
- Hemerocallis
- Heucherella
- Hibiscus
- Kniphofia
- Lavandula
- Leucanthemum
- Liatris
- Ligularia
- Lobelia cardinalis
- Lupinus perennis
- Mertensia virginica
- Monarda
- Nepeta
- Phlox
- Physostegia
- Pycnanthemum
- Salvia
- Scabiosa
- Sedum
- Silene regia
- Solidago
- Stokesia
- Tiarella
- Vernonia
Trees and Shrubs
- Asimina triloba
- Lindera benzoin
- Clethra alnifolia
- Itea virginica
- Aesculus parviflora
- Cercis canadensis
Plants that Attract Butterfly Larvae
Butterfly Species |
Larvae Plants |
| Spicebush Swallowtail | Spicebush, Sassafras |
| Eastern Black Swallowtail | Parsley |
| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Black cherry, Tulip tree, Ash, Spicebush |
| Cabbage White | Cabbage, Mustards |
| Checkered White | Cabbage, Mustards |
| Clouded Sulpher | Leguminous plants |
| Orange Sulpher | Alfalfa, Clovers |
| Eastern Tailed Blue | Leguminous plants |
| Spring Azure | Dogwoods, Viburnums, Black cherry |
| Great Spangled Fritillary | Violets |
| Pearl Crescent | Asters |
| Question Mark | Elm, Hackberry |
| Comma | Nettles, Elm |
| Mourning Cloak | Cottonwood, Elm, Hackberry |
| Red Admiral | Nettles |
| Painted Lady | Pearly everlasting |
| Red-Spotted Purple | Black cherry, Hawthorn |
| Viceroy | Willow, Poplars, Black cherry |
| Monarch | Milkweed |
| Silver-Spotted Skipper |