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Butterfly Nectar Plants
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Butterfly Nectar Plants. North and Central Florida:
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* indicates non-native species
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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Flowering Season
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SHRUBS
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False indigo bush*
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Amorpha fruticosa
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Summer-Fall
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Tarflower
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Befaria racemosa
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Summer
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Butterfly bush*
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Buddleia officianalis
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Spring-Fall
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New Jersey tea
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Ceanothus americanus
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Spring
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False heather
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Cuphea hyssopifolia
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Spring-Winter
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Garberia
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Garberia fruticosa
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Fall
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Hibiscus
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Hibiscus spp.
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Spring-Winter
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Lantana
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Lantana spp.
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Spring-Winter
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Plumbago*
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Plumbago capensis
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Spring-Fall
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Azalea
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Rhododendron spp.
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Spring
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Viburnum
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Viburnum spp.
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Spring
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PERENNIALS
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Butterfly milkweed
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Asclepias tuberosa
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Summer-Fall
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Aster
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Aster spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Paint brush
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Carphephorus corymbosus
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Fall
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Vanilla plant
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Carphephorus odoratissimus
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Fall
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Golden aster
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Chrysopsis spp.
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Fall
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Dalea
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Dalea spp.
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Fall
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Purple coneflower
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Echinacea purpurea
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Summer
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Mistflower
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Eupatorium coelestinum
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Summer-Fall
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Sunflower
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Helianthus spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Blazing star
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Liatris spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Cardinal flower
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Lobelia cardinalis
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Summer-Fall
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Purple lobelia
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Lobelia puberula
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Summer-Fall
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Mint*
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Mentha, Nepeta, others
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Spring-Fall
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Pentas*
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Pentas lanceolata
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Spring-Fall
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Phlox
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Phlox spp.
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Spring-Summer
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Pennyroyal
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Piloblephis rigida
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Spring
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Yellow coneflower
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Ratibida pinnata
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Summer
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Wild petunia
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Ruellia caroliniensis
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Spring-Fall
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Salvia (Sage)
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Salvia spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Sedum
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Sedum spectabile
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Fall-Winter
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Rosinweed
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Silphium asteriscus
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Summer-Fall
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Goldenrod
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Solidago spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Stoke's aster
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Stokesia laevis
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Summer
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Thyme*
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Thymus spp.
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Spring-Fall
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Verbena
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Verbena spp.
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Spring-Fall
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Ironweed
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Vernonia spp.
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Summer
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ANNUALS
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Ageratum*
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Ageratum spp.
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Spring-Summer
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Spanish needle
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Bidens pilosa
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Spring-Fall
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Borage*
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Borage officinalis
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Summer-Fall
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Shasta daisy*
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Chrysanthemum spp.
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Spring-Summer
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Sweet William*
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Dianthus spp.
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Spring-Summer
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Gaillardia
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Gaillardia pulchella
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Spring-Summer
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Strawflower*
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Helichrysum spp.
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Spring-Summer
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Phlox
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Phlox drummondii
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Summer
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Black-eyed Susan
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Rudbeckia hirta
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Summer-Fall
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Marigold (Marietta)*
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Tagetes spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Clover
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Trifolium spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Zinnia*
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Zinnia spp.
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Summer-Fall
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South
Florida
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Butterfly Nectar Plants. South Florida:
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* indicates non-native species
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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Flowering Season
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TREES
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Bottlebrush*
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Callistemon spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Citrus*
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Citrus spp.
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Spring
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SHRUBS
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Buttonbush
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Cephalanthus occidentalis
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Summer
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Geiger tree
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Cordia spp.
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Summer-Winter
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Firebush
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Hamelia patens
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Summer-Winter
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Lantana
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Lantana spp.
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Spring-Winter
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PERENNIALS
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Scarlet milkweed*
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Asclepias curassavica
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Summer-Fall
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Florida or Blue sage
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Eranthemum nervosum
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Summer-Fall
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Mistflower
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Eupatorium coelestinum
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Summer-Fall
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Blazing star
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Liatris spp.
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Summer-Fall
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Pentas*
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Pentas lanceolata
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Summer-Fall
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Pennyroyal
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Piloblephis rigida
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Spring
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ANNUALS
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Beggar-ticks
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Bidens alba
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Summer-Fall
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Red root
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Lachnanthes caroliniana
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Summer
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Frog fruit
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Lippia nodiflora
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Spring-Fall
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