Butterflies in NE Florida

The Butterflies of Northeast Florida

and the Plants that Feed Them



Butterfly Host Plants

for Northeast Florida’s Existing Butterfly Populations


Asclepias Currassavicas

Asclepias Incarnata Milkweed, Native Pink Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias Perennis Milkweed, Native White Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa Milkweed, Native Orange Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed

Bacopa Monnieri – Herb of Grace

Bishopweed

Cassia

Citrus

Dill

Fennel

Parsley

Passioflora incarnata – Blue Native Passion Flower Vine

Phyla Nodiflora – Turkey Tangle Frog Fruit

Sweet Bay Magnolia

Wild Lime


Butterfly Nectar Plants

 A Few of My Personal Favorites for Northeast Florida

Butterfly Gardens


Bidens Alba

Blue Mist Flower

Bottlebrush Red Cluster

Cassia

Chaste Tree

Coral Honeysuckle

Coreopsis Golden Sphere

Dotted Horsemint

Dianthus

Dune Sunflower

Firebush

Firecracker

Firespike

Frog Fruit

Gaillardia

Galberry / Inkberry

Goldenrod

Ironweed

Jatropha

Lantana Mont. Trailing lavender

Lantana Mont.Trailing White

Liatris

Lions Ear

Milkweed

Passion Vine

Pentas ( Heirloom )

Plumbago

Porterweed

Rudbeckia trilobata

Salvia

Zinnia