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

Rockrose / 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