Find out the Plants that Attract Butterflies and are "Host Plants."
Most plants that attract butterflies provide both food for the adults and food for the caterpillars. It's important that your garden provides a dual purpose to really be a "Butterfly Garden." Butterflies have various life stages and they need to have plants that will support all of those stages.
I compiled a list of plants that attract butterflies sorted by butterfly along with a list of their nectar and host plants. Make sure that you plant only native plants to your region. This list of plants that attract butterflies will provide you with a great shopping list.
Print out a copy and circle all the repeating plants. You will discover all the different butterflies you can attract with the same plants. That'll help the old pocket book. Get out there and start planting off this list and jump-start your butterfly gardening.
Plants that Attract Butterflies - Your List for Nectar and Host Plants.
Butterfly
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Butterfly
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Nectar Plants
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Host Plants
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American Painted Lady
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Cosmos, Thistle, Aster, Buttonbush, Dogbane, Goldenrod,
Vetch
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Everlasting, Daisy, Burdock, Thistle, Mallow, Hollyhock,
Everlasting, Daisy, Burdock
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American Snout
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Aster, Dogbane, Dogwood, Goldenrod, Pepperbush
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Hackberry
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Anise Swallowtail
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Buddleia, Joe Pye Weed
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Queen Anne’s Lace
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Baltimore Checkerspot
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Milkweed, Viburnum,
Wild Rose
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Turlehead, False Foxglove, Plantain
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Black Swallowtail
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Aster, Buddleia, Joy Pye Weed, Alfalfa, Phlox, Clover,
Butterfly Weed
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Parsley, Dill, Fennel
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Buckeye
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Aster, Coreopsis, Chicory
Carpetweed
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Plantain, Snapdragon, Toadflax, Loosestrife
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Checkered White
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Centaury, Butterfly Weed, Aster
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Mustard, Cabbage, Clover
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Clouded Sulphur
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Goldenrod, Grape Hyacinth, Marigold
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Clover
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Cloudless Sulphur
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Zinnia, Butterfly Bush, Cosmos, Cushion Mum
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Cassia, Apple, Clover
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Comma
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Butterfly Bush, Dandelion, Aster
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Nettle, Elm, Hops,
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Common
Checkered Skipper
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Shepherds Needles, Aster, Red Clover
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Mallow, Hollyhock
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Common Sulphur
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Aster, dogbane, Goldenrod
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Vetch
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Common Woodnymph
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Purple Coneflower
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Purpletop Grass
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Eastern Pygmy Blue
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Salt Bush
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Glasswort
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Eastern Tailed Blue
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Dogbane
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Clover, Peas
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Falcate Orangetip
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Mustard, Strawberry, Chickweed, Violet
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Rock Cress, Mustard
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Giant Swallowtail
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Joe Pye Weed, Buddleia, Milkweed, Honeysuckle
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Citrus, Prickly Ash, Rue
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Gorgone Checkerspot
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Sunflower, Goldenrod
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Sunflower
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Gray Hairstreak
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Thistle, Ice Plant, Goldenrod, Clover, Mustard
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Mallow, Hollyhock, Clover, Alfalfa, Hibiscus, Vetch
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Great Spangled
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Butterfly Weed, Black-eyed Susan, Milkweed, Ironweed,
Purple Cone-flower , Zinnia
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Violet
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Greater Fritillary
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Joe Pye Weed
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Violet
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Gulf Fritillary
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Joe Pye Weed
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Pentas, Passion vine
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Hackberry Emperor
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Sap, Rotting Fruit, Dung, Carrion
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Hackberry
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Little Glassywing
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Dogbane, Zinnia
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Purpletop Grass
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Little Yellow
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Clover
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Cassia Clover
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Monarch
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Dogbane, Buddleia, Milkweed, Zinnia, Lantana
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Milkweed
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Mourning Cloak
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Butterfly Bush, Milkweed, Shasta Daisy, Dogbane
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Willow, elm, Poplar, Birch, Nettle, Wild Rose
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Orange Sulphur
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Alfalfa, Aster, Clover, Verbena
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Vetch, Alfalfa, Clover
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Orange-barred Sulphur
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Many Plants
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Cassia
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Painted Lady
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Aster, Zinnia, Butterfly Bush, Mexican Sunflower
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Thistle, Daisy, Mallow, Hollyhock, Burdock
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Pearl Crescent
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Dogbane, New England Aster, Cosmos
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Aster
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Pipevine Swallowtail
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Buddleia, Milkweed, Butterfly Bush, Zinnia
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Dutchman’s Pipe, Pipevine
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Queen
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Milkweed, Beggar-tick, Daisy, Aster, Zinnia
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Milkweed
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Question Mark
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Aster, Milkweed, Sweet Pepperbush
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Hackberry, elm, Nettle, Basswood
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Red Admiral
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Aster, Clover, Stonecrop, Dandelion, Goldenrod, Mallow,
Sap, Mint, Daisies
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Nettle, Hops
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Red-Spotted Purple
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Privet, Poplar, Cardinal Flower, Spirea, Viburnum
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Black Cherry, Willow, Poplar, Aspen, Oak, Plum
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Silver-Spotted Skipper
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Dogbane, Privet, Clover, Thistle, Winter Cress
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Black Locust, Wisteria
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Sleepy Orange
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Blue Porter, Beggar Tick, Aster
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Cassia, Clover
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Spicebush Swallowtail
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Dogbane, Joe Pye Weed, Buddleia,
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Spicebush, Sassafras
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Spring Azure
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Blackberry, Cherry, Dogwood, Violet, Forget-me-not,
Dandelion, Buckeye
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Dogwood, Viburnum, Blueberry, Spirea, Apple
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Tawny Emperor
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Sap, Rotting Fruit, Dung, Carrion
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Hackberry
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Tiger Swallowtail
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Joe Pye Weed, Buddleia, Butterfly Bush, Lilac, Bee Balm
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Black Cherry, Birch, Poplar, Willow, Tulip Tree
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Variegated Fritillary
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Joe Pye Weed, Clover, Daisies, Coneflowers
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Violet, Passion Vine
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Viceroy
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Thistle, Beggar-tick, Aster, Goldenrod, Milkweed, Joe Pye
Weed, Chives, Garlic
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Willow, Poplar, Fruit Tress, Aspen, Oak,
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Western Tailed Blue
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Legumes
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Clover, Peas
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White Admiral
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Aphid Honeydew, Manure, Bramble Blossom
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Birch, Willow, Poplar, Honeysuckle
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Zebra Longwing
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Verbena, Lantana, Shepard’s Needle
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Passion Vine
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Zebra Swallowtail
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Dogbane, Joe Pye Weed, Buddleia, Blueberry
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Pawpaw
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