All Plants > Butterfly Garden (83)
Is there anything more rewarding than a native plant garden humming with insect activity? Click into the Calscape link to learn about which butterfly species are attracted to each plant.
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Common Name Scientific Name |
Sun Reqs. | Height | Humboldt Native | |
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Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium |
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1 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea |
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3 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Sea-watch
Angelica lucida |
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5 ft | ✓ |
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Western columbine
Aquilegia formosa |
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1.5 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Elk's clover
Aralia californica |
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6.6 - 10 ft | ✓ |
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Sea thrift
Armeria maritima |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Douglas' sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana |
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8 ft | ✓ |
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Dune sagewort
Artemisia pycnocephala |
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1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Narrow leaf milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis |
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1.7 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa |
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4 - 6 ft | ✓ |
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Harvest brodiaea
Brodiaea elegans |
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2 ft | ✓ |
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Tolmie's star tulip
Calochortus tolmiei |
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1.3 ft | ✓ |
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Pussy paws
Calyptridium umbellatum |
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2 ft | ✓ |
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Beach evening-primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia |
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0.5 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum |
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3 ft | |
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Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii |
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0.25 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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California sand aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia |
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0.7 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Indian rhubarb
Darmera peltata |
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2 - 6.6 ft | ✓ |
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Firecracker brodiaea
Dichelostemma ida-maia |
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1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Wild hyacinth
Dichelostemma multiflorum |
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2.8 ft | ✓ |
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California fuchsia
Epilobium canum |
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0.25 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Everett's choice california fuchsia
Epilobium canum 'everett's choice' |
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1.3 ft | |
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Humboldt county fuchsia
Epilobium septentrionale |
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0.25 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus |
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0.16 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Tall buckwheat
Eriogonum elatum |
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1.6 - 5 ft | |
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Red-flowered buckwheat
Eriogonum grande rubescens |
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0.7 - 1.5 ft | |
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Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium |
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1.7 - 2.3 ft | ✓ |
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Round headed buckwheat
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum |
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1 - 2 ft | |
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Sulphur buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum |
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0.33 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
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2 ft | |
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Siskiyou oregon sunshine
Eriophyllum lanatum 'siskiyou' |
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0.5 - 1 ft | |
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Seaside woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum staechadifolium |
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2 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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Scarlet monkeyflower
Erythranthe cardinalis |
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1.5 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Seep monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata |
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2 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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Musk flower
Erythranthe moschata |
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0.25 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis |
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0.49 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca |
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0.1 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla |
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1 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Bigelow's sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii |
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4 ft | ✓ |
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Island alum root
Heuchera maxima |
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1 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha |
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1 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Seaside bird's foot trefoil
Hosackia gracilis |
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0.33 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana |
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0.6 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
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Toughleaf iris
Iris tenax |
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0.8 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Lovage
Ligusticum apiifolium |
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5 ft | ✓ |
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Humboldt's lily
Lilium humboldtii |
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6 - 8 ft | |
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Shasta lily
Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Vollmer's lily
Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Lemon lily
Lilium parryi |
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4 - 8 ft | |
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Lily
Lilium rubescens |
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3.5 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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Mountain coyote mint
Monardella odoratissima |
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0.5 - 1 ft | |
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Coyote mint 'russian river'
Monardella villosa ssp. franciscana 'russian river' |
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1 - 1.5 ft | |
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Hooker's evening primrose
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri |
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5 ft | |
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Sorrel
Oxalis oregana |
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0.16 - 1.3 ft | ✓ |
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Siskiyou beardtongue
Penstemon anguineus |
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0.7 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Foothill penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus |
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3 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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Low beardtongue
Penstemon humuilis |
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1.1 ft | ✓ |
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Mountain pride
Penstemon newberryi |
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0.5 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Small flowered penstemon
Penstemon procerus |
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3 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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Roezl's penstemon
Penstemon roezlii |
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0.5 - 1.8 ft | |
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Rydberg's penstemon
Penstemon rydbergii |
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1 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Royal penstemon
Penstemon speciosus |
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0.2 ft | |
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California yampah
Perideridia californica |
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5 ft | |
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Bolander's phacelia
Phacelia bolanderi |
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0.39 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Beach knotweed
Polygonum paronychia |
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0.3 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Pacific silverweed
Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Slender cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis |
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2.4 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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California bee plant
Scrophularia californica |
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2 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Pt. reyes checkerbloom
Sidalcea calycosa ssp. rhizomata |
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3 ft | |
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Checker bloom
Sidalcea malviflora |
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0.3 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum |
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1 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Yellow eyed grass
Sisyrinchium californicum |
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0.7 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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California goldenrod
Solidago velutina ssp. californica |
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2 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense |
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1.3 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Leafy aster
Symphyotrichum foliaceum |
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2 ft | ✓ |
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Douglas aster
Symphyotrichum subspicatum |
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2 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Meadow rue
Thalictrum fendleri |
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3 - 6 ft | ✓ |
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Western trillium
Trillium ovatum |
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2.3 ft | ✓ |
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White brodiaea
Triteleia hyacinthina |
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1.3 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Dog violet
Viola adunca |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Pioneer violet
Viola glabella |
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0.5 ft | ✓ |
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Evergreen violet
Viola sempervirens |
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0.5 ft | ✓ |
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Narrow leaf mule ears
Wyethia angustifolia |
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3 ft | ✓ |