Tropical
Checkered
Skipper
1
1
1
Long-Tailed
Skipper
Gray Hairstreak
White Peacock
Monarch &
Queen
Cloudless &
Orange-barred
Gulf & Zebra
Cassius Blue
Black
Swallowtail
Giant
Swallowtail
Polydamas
Swallowtail
"Host Plants for Frequently Seen Sarasota Butterflies"
Alphabetical Order by Common Name
Common Name
Beggarweeds
Broomweed
Butterfly Pea: Atlantic
Pigeonwings
Butterfly Pea: Fragrant
Pigeonwings
Butterfly Weed
Scientific/Species Name
Desmodium spp (tortuosum)
Sida ulmifolia acuta
Native
Native
Clitoria mariana
Native
1
clitoria fragrans
Aslcepsia tuberosa
1
Calico Flower
Candlestick Plant
Cape Leadwort or Plumbago
Aristolochia elegans
Senna alata
Plumbago auriculata
Christmas Senna
Citrus spp
Corky Stemmed
Cultivated Herbs
Downy Milkpea
Eastern Milkpea
False Mallow
Gaping Dutchman's Pipe
Garden Beans
Giant Dutchman's Pipe
Giant Milkweed
Hercules Club
Incense Passionvine
Indian Hemp
Matchweed/Fog Fruit
Maypop passionvine
Senna Pedula
Citrus spp.
Passiflora suberosa
Native
Native
Cat 1 Invasive Do NOT Plant
Non-Native
Non-Native
Cat 1 Invasive Do NOT Plant
Non-Native
Native
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Galactia volubilis
Galactia regularis
Malvastrum corchorifolium
Aristolochia ringens
Native
Native
Native
Non-Native
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Aristolochia gigantea
Calotropis gigantea
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Passiflora x 'Incense"
Sida rhombifolia
Phyla nodiflora
passiflora incarnata
Non-Native
Non-Native
Native
Non-Native
Native
Native
Native
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Mexican Petunia
Mock Bishopsweed
Partridge Pea
Pineland Butterfly Pea
Privet Senna
Queen Anne's Lace
Red Passion flower
Ruellia simplex
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Centrosema arenicola floridanum
Senna lugustrina
Daucus carota
Passiflora coccinea - Do NOT plant
Rosary Pea
Roughfruit scaleseed
Sicklepod / Coffeeweed
Sky-blue Lupine
Spotted Water Hemlock
Spurred Butterfly Pea
Torchwood
Tropical Milkweed
Virginia Snakeroot
Water Cowbane
Water Hyssop
White Swamp Milkweed
White vine
Abrus precatorius
Spermolepis divaricata
Senna obtusifolia
Lupinus diffusus
Cicuta maculata
Centrosema virginianum
Amyris elemifera
Asclepsia curassavica
Aristolochia serpentaria
Oxypolis filiformis
Bacopa monnieri
Asclepsia perennis
Sarcostemma clausum
Ruellia caroliniensis (syn R.
Caroliniana)
Zanthoxylum fagara
Pasticaca sativa
Plumbago zeylanica syn .scandens
Aristolochia tomentosa
Passiflora lutea
Wild Carolina Petunia
Wild Lime
Wild Parsnip
Wild Plumbago
Wooly Dutchman's Pipe
Yellow Passionvine
Cat 1 Invasive Do NOT Plant
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Non-Native
Cat 1 Invasive Do NOT Plant
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Non-Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Native
Long-Tailed
Skipper
Tropical
Checkered
Skipper
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Gray Hairstreak
White Peacock
Monarch &
Queen
Cloudless &
Orange-barred
Gulf & Zebra
Scientific/Species Name
Cassius Blue
Common Name
Black
Swallowtail
Giant
Swallowtail
Polydamas
Swallowtail
"Host Plants for Frequently Seen Sarasota Butterflies"
Alphabetical Order by Common Name
Host Plants for Frequently Seen Sarasota Butterflies
References / Resources:

Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies in Tropical Florida by Roger L. Hammer, University Press of Florida, 2015

Florida Butterfly Gardening by Marc C. Minno and Maria Minno, University Press of Florida, 1999

Websites:

Florida Native Plant Society: http://fnps.org/

Atlas of Florida Plants: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/

Native Florida Wildflowers: http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/

NABA Butterfly and Garden Habitat Program: http://nababutterfly.com

UF/IFAS Featured Creatures: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/

Butterfly Gardening and Plants for South Florida: http://www.south-florida-plant-guide.com/butterfly-gardening.html
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Long-Tailed
Skipper
Tropical
Checkered
Skipper
Gray Hairstreak
White Peacock
Monarch &
Queen
Cloudless &
Orange-barred
Gulf & Zebra
Scientific/Species Name
Cassius Blue
Common Name
Black
Swallowtail
Giant
Swallowtail
Polydamas
Swallowtail
"Host Plants for Frequently Seen Sarasota Butterflies"
Alphabetical Order by Common Name