Annual and Perennial Butterfly Garden Plants in eastern Kansas
The following table lists the growing group of plants that have been suggested and reviewed by butterfly gardeners in eastern Kansas.
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English Name |
Scientific Name |
Plant Type |
Caterpillar Food Plant For: |
Baptisia australis |
perennial |
Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Eastern-Tailed Blue |
|
Asclepias tuberosa |
perennial |
Monarch |
|
Gaillarida pulchella |
annual |
Not a caterpillar food plant |
|
Croton capitatis |
perennial |
Goatweed Leafwing |
|
Zizia aurea |
perennial |
Black Swallowtail |
|
Asclepias viridis |
perennial |
Monarch |
|
Conoclinium coelestinum |
perennial |
Not a caterpillar food plant |
|
Chamaecrista fasciculata |
annual |
Cloudless Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak |
|
Nuttallanthus texanus |
perennial |
Common Buckeye |
|
Asclepias curassavica |
perennial or annual |
Monarch |
|
Phyla nodiflora |
perennial |
Common Buckeye |
|
Viola species |
perennial |
Great Spangled Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary |
| English Name | Scientific Name |
Plant Type |
Caterpillar Food Plant For: |
Asclepias curassavica |
perennial or annual |
Monarch |
|
Asclepias tuberosa |
perennial |
Monarch |
|
Asclepias viridis |
perennial |
Monarch |
|
Baptisia australis |
perennial |
Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Eastern-Tailed Blue |
|
Chamaecrista fasciculata |
annual |
Cloudless Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak |
|
Conoclinium coelestinum |
perennial |
Not a caterpillar food plant |
|
Croton capitatis |
perennial |
Goatweed Leafwing |
|
Gaillarida pulchella |
annual |
Not a caterpillar food plant |
|
Nuttallanthus texanus |
perennial |
Common Buckeye |
|
Phyla nodiflora |
perennial |
Common Buckeye |
|
Viola species |
perennial |
Great Spangled Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary |
|
Zizia aurea |
perennial |
Black Swallowtail |
| English Name | Scientific Name | Plant Type |
Caterpillar Food Plant For: |
Chamaecrista fasciculata |
annual |
Cloudless Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak |
|
Gaillarida pulchella |
annual |
Not a caterpillar food plant |
|
Asclepias tuberosa |
perennial |
Monarch |
|
Asclepias curassivica |
perennial or annual |
Monarch |
|
Asclepias viridis |
perennial |
Monarch |
|
Baptisia australis |
perennial |
Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Eastern-Tailed Blue |
|
Conoclinium coelestinum |
perennial |
Not a caterpillar food plant |
|
Croton capitatis |
perennial |
Goatweed Leafwing |
|
Nuttallanthus texanus |
perennial |
Common Buckeye |
|
Phyla nodiflora |
perennial |
Common Buckeye |
|
Viola species |
perennial |
Great Spangled Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary |
|
Zizia aurea |
perennial |
Black Swallowtail |