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