Native Plants to Attract Butterflies


Common Name Scientific Name
Blue Giant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
Yellow Giant Hyssop Agastache nepetoides
Onions Allium species
Lead Plant Amorpha canescens
Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Prairie Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Heath Aster Aster ericoides
Smooth Aster Aster laevis
Side-Flowering Aster Aster lateriflorus
Big Leaved Aster Aster macrophyllus
Hairy Aster Aster pilosus
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Sand Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
White Prairie Clover Dalea candida
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea
Illinois Mimosa Desmanthus illinoensis
Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense
Illinois Tick Trefoil Desmodium illinoense
Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Thoroughwort Eupatorium species
Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis
Pale Leaved Sunflower Helianthus strumosus
False or Ox-Eye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera
Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya
Marsh Blazing Star Liatris spicata
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Horse Mint Monarda punctata
Phlox Phlox species
Obedience Plant; False Dragonhead Physostegia virginiana
Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum species
Prairie Coneflower Ratibida species
Rose Rosa species
Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Brown-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba
Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum
Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
Broadleaf Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis
Spiderwort Tradescantia species
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata
Rose or Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta
Common Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
Violet Viola species
Golden Alexanders Zizia species