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Approved Butterfly Plants

Common Name Scientific Name Class Type
Lonicera
Coral Honeysuckle Native Nectar
sempervirens
Corky-stemmed Passiflora suberosa Native Host
Passionflower (Vine)

Doctorbush Native
(White Plumbago) Plumbago scandens (Ground Nectar
Cover)
East Coast Dune Helianthus debilis Native Host
Sunflower

Egyptian Star Cluster Pentas lanceolata Exotic Nectar
Tripsacum
Fakahatchee Grass Native Host
dactyloides
Boehmeria
False Nettle Native Host
cylindrica
Odontonema
Fire Spike Exotic Nectar
strictum
Firebush
(Native Variety Only) Hamelia patens Native Nectar
Firecracker plant Cuphea ignea Exotic Nectar
(Cuphea)
Citharexylum
Florida Fiddlewood Native Nectar
spinosum
Native
Florida Keys Pitheceliobium (Shrub/ Host
Blackbead keyensekeyense
Small Tree)
Florida Shrub Lantana depressa Native Nectar
Verbena var. floridana
Fogfruit (Capeweed) Phyla nodiflora Native Host

Geiger Tree Cordia sebestena Native Nectar
Golden Dewdrops Duranta erecta Exotic Nectar

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