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BUTTERFLY GARDEN PLANTS FOR STEPHENS ELEMENTARY OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER
Texas Bluebonnet
Scientific Name: Lupinus texensis
Plant Information: annual, native
Blooms: blue/fragrant, Mar>May
Attracts These Butterflies: Little Yellow, Gray Hairstreak, Henry's Elfin + various butterflies
Prairie Verbena
Scientific Name: Glandularia bipinnatifida
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: lavender w/sweet fragrance, Mar>Oct
Attracts These Butterflies: Great Spangled Fritillary, Swallowtail, Sulphur + various butterflies
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Scientific Name: Coreopsis lanceolata
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: yellow, April>June
Attracts These Butterflies: Buckeye, Viceroy, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Spring Azure, Pearl Crescent, Orange Sulphur, American Copper, Red Admiral
Buddleia / Butterfly Bush
Scientific Name: Buddleia Davidii
Plant Information: cultivar of China
Blooms: blue, summer
Attracts These Butterflies: various butterfliesRockrose / Rose Pavonia
Scientific Name: Pavonia lasiopetala
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: pink, late spring>frost
Attracts These Butterflies: Gulf Fritillary + various butterflies
Gregg's Blue Mistflower
Scientific Name: Eupatorium greggii
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: pale blue, spring>frost
Attracts These Butterflies: Monarch, Queen, Swallowtail, Gulf Fritillary, Sulphurs + various
Purple Coneflower
Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: pink, April>May
Attracts These Butterflies: Painted Lady + various
Texas Lantana
Scientific Name: Lantana horrida
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: red-orange-yellow, May>frost
Attracts These Butterflies: Monarch, Tiger and Black Swallowtail + various
Blackfoot Daisy / Plains Blackfoot
Scientific Name: Melampodium leucanthum
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: white w/yellow center, spring>frost
Attracts These Butterflies: Gray Hairstreak + various
Sundrops / Calylophus
Scientific Name: Calylophus spp.
Plant Information: perennial, native
Blooms: yellow, spring>fall
Attracts These Butterflies: Dainty Sulphur, Little Yellow, Hairstreak, Varigated Fritillary + various