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Approved Butterfly Plants

Common Name Scientific Name Class Type
Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba Native Host
Indian Blanket Gaillardia pulchella Exotic Nectar
Flower
Host and
Ixora Ixora coccinea Exotic
Nectar
Capparis
Jamaican Caper Native Host
cynophallophora
Leavenworth's Coreopsis Native Nectar
Tickseed leavenworthii
Host and
Lignum Vitae Guaiacum sanctum Native
Nectar
Limber Caper Capparis flexuosa Native Host

Little Strongbark Bourreria cassinifolia Native Nectar

Host and
Locustberry Byrsonima lucida Native
Nectar
Calyptranthes Attacts
Myrtle of the River Native
zuzygium Birds
Chamaecrista
Partridge Pea Native Host
fasciculata
Pentas Pentas lanceolata Exotic Nectar

Pigeon Plum Coccoloba diversifolia Native Nectar
Plumbago Plumbago auriculata Exotic Nectar
Pond Cypress Taxodium ascendens Native Host
Pop Ash Fraxinus caroliniana Native Host
Railroad Vine Ipomoea pes-caprae Native Nectar
Red Bay Persea borbonia Native Host
Host and
Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens Native
Nectar

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