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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003 10 08 Attached Distributed During MeetingDate: OCTOBER 8, 2003 ATTACHED DISTRIBUTED DURING MEETING Butterfly gardening-recommended plants for central Florida Common name Scientific name Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa White milkweed Asclepias perennis Climbing aster Aster carolinianus Elliott's aster Aster elliottii Bidens Bidens mitis Paint brush Carphephorus corymbosus Vanilla plant Carphephorus odoratissimus Partridge pea Cassia sp. Mistflower Conoclinum coelestinum Large-flowered rosemary Conradina grandiflora Tickseed Coreopsis leavenworthii Coreopsis Coreopsis sp. Summer farewell Dalea pinnata Twdflower Dyschoriste oblongifolia Snakeroot Eryngium yuccifolium Blanket flower Gaillardia pulchella Garberia Garberia heterophylla Verbena/vervain G/andularia spp. Firebush Hamelia patens Heliotrope Heliotropium angiospermum Blazing star Liatris tenuifolia Sunshine mimosa Mimosa strigillosa Dotted horsemint Monarda punctata Passion flower Passiflora spp. Pennyroyal Piloblephis rigida Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Wild petunia Ruellia carolinensis Red sage Salvia coccinea Skullcap Scutelaria spp. Porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Stokes' aster Stokesia laevis Ironweed Vemonia gigantea Comments Larval host and nectar plant for monarchs and queens Larval host plant for monarchs and queens Larval host and nectar plant for American painted ladies Nectar plant Larval host plant for great southern whites Nectar plant Nectar plant Larval host plant for sulphurs Nectar plant Nectar plant Nectar plant; state wildflower Nectar plant Nectar plant Larval host plant for white peacock Larval host plant for black swallowtail Nectar plant; state wildflower Nectar plant Larval host and nectar plant for buckeye Nectar plant Nectar plant Nectar plant Nectar plant Nectar plant Larval host plant for gulf fritillary and zebra longwing (the state buttertly) Nectar plant Nectar plant Larval host plant for white peacock and buckeye Nectar plant Nectar plant Nectar plant Nectar plant Nectar plant