Butterfly Friendly Plants (not all-inclusive)
Native species
Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Black Samson (Echinacea angustifolia)
Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea)
Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)
Canada milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis)
Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis)
Compass plant (Silphium laciniatum)
Cream wild indigo (Baptisia leucophaea)
Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)
Evening-primrose (Oenothera biennis)
False indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa)
False boneset (Kuhnia eupatorioides)
False gromwell (Onosmodium molle)
Flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya)
Goldenrod (Solidago spp.)
Grayheaded coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Golden alexander (Zizia aurea)
Great Plains indian-paintbrush (Castilleja sessiliflora)
Heartleaf Alexander (Zizia aptera)
Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
Hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)
Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)
Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
Large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)
Meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
New England aster (Aster novae-angliae
Northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)
Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Oxeye sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens)
Pearly-everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
Prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
Prairie larkspur (Delphinium virescens)
Prairie onion (Allium stellatum)
Prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa)
Prairie Rose (Rosa arkansana)
Prairie Sage (Artemesia ludoviciana)
Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum)
Prairie violet (Viola pedatifida)
Purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea)
Pussy-toes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
Redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)
Showy tick trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
Shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)
Silverleaf scurfpea (Psoralea argophylla)
Snakeroot (Prenanthes racemosa)
Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Snow on the mountain (Euphorbia marginata)
Stiff coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica)
Western snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)
White beardtongue (Penstemon albidus)
White prairie clover (Dalea candida)
Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
Wild garlic (Allium canadense)
Wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)
Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Yellow prairie flax (Linum sulcatum)
Greenhouse Plants
Agastache
Alyssum
Asters
Bleeding heart
Bluebells
Buddleia
Calendula
Calibrachoa
Catmint
Cleome
Coral bells
Cosmos
Daylily
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dill
Fennel
Fleabane
Globe thistle
Heliotrope
Hollyhock
Hyssop
Larkspur
Lavender
Lupine
Marigold
Mallow
Musk mallow
Nasturtium
Oregano
Osteospermum (African daisy)
Pansy
Parsley
Rock cress
Salvia
Scabiosa
Sedum
Shasta daisy
Snapdragon
Sweet alyssum
Sweet pea
Thyme
Violets
Zinnia