Host Plants - Raising Butterflies--How to find and care for butterfly eggs and caterpillars

Larval Host Plants

Abutilon abutiloides

Alcea rosea

Agave parryi

Amelanchier utahensis

Anaphilis margaritacea

Arabis drummondii

Arabis glabra

Arabis holboellii

Arabis microphylla

Arabis perennans

Arabis retrofractus

Arabis sparsiflora

Aristolochia watsonii

Arctostaphylos-uva-ursi

Artemisia dracunculus
Arundinaria tecta
Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias subulata

Aster engalmannii

Aster ascendens
Astragalus beckwithii
Astragalus cicer

Astragalus spp.

Atriplex canescens

Atriplex confertifolia
Avicennia germinans

Bidens cernua

Brassica nigra

Brassica oleracea
Brassica tournefortii

Bromus inermus
Canna generalis

Cardaria draba
Carex hoodii
Carex geyeri
Castilleja applegatei

Castilleja chromosa
Castilleja exilis

Caulanthus lasiophyllum utahensis

Ceanothus velutinus
Celtis pallida
Celtis laevigata
Celtis reticulata
Chenopodium album

Chrysothamnus greeni

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Cirsium vulgare
Cladium jamaicense

Cleome serrulata

Cymopterus hendersonii

Cymopterus terebinthinus calcareus

Cymopterus terebinthinus petraeus
Cyperus esculentus
Dalea candida oligophylla

Dentaria californica

Descurainia pinnata
Desmodium tortuosum

Dicentra uniflora
Distichlis spicata
Dudleya lanceolata
Dudleya saxosa
Dyssodia pentachaeta

Eriogonum compositum

Eriogonum corymbosum

Eriogonum heracleoides

Eriogonum kearneyi

Eriogonum inflatum

Eriogonum racemosum
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Eriogonum smithii

Foeniculum vulgare

Fragaria vesca
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus anomala

Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Hedysarum boreale

Helianthus annuus

Isatis tinctoria

Isomeris arborea

Juniperus osteosperma

Keckiella breviflora

Keckiella cordifolia

Lathyrus lanszwertii
Lathyrus odorata
Lathyrus pauciflorus

Lomatium dissectum

Lomatium graveolens

Lomatium grayi depauperatum

Lomatium grayi grayi

Lomatium junceum

Lomatium macrocarpum

Lomatium parryi

Lomatium scabrum tripinnatum

Lonicera involucrata

Lotus scoparius

Lupinus argenteus

Lupinus sericeus

Malva neglecta

Melilotus officinalis

Oxyria degyna
Paspalum distichum
Penstemon confusus

Penstemon cyananthus

Penstemon eatonii

Penstemon humilus

Penstemon palmeri

Penstemon utahensis
Persea borbonia

Phalaris arundinacea

Phorodendron californicum

Phoradendron juniperinum

Phragmites australis
Piscidia piscipula
Pithecellobium keyense
Pinus contorta

Pinus edulis

Pinus ponderosa

Plantago lanceolata
Polypogon monspeliensis

Populus angustifolia

Populus tremuloides

Potentilla hippiana

Potentilla glandulosa

Potentilla ovina

Prunus ilicifolia

Prunus serotina

Prunus virginiana

Pseudoroegneria spicata

Purshia mexicana

Purshia tridentata
Quercus alba

Quercus gambellii

Quercus turbinella
Rhizophora mangle

Ribes cereum

Ribes montigenum

Ribes viscosissimum
Robinia neomexicana
Robinia pseudoacacia

Rumex crispus

Salix amygdaloides

Salix exigua

Salix fragilis

Salix lasiolepis

Salsola kali

Sedum lanceolata

Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima
Serenoa repens

Sida hederacea

Sisymbrium altissimum
Sisymbrium irio

Sorghum halepense

Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea coccinea

Sphenosciadium capitellatum

Stanleya pinnata

Streptanthella longirostris

Streptanthus cordatus

Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Tauschia arguta

Thamnosma montana

Thermopsis montana

Trifolium pratense

Urtica dioica

Vicia americana

Viguera deltoidea parishii

Viola tricolor
Viola nephrophylla
Viola nuttallii

Xylorhiza tortifolia

Yucca angustissima

Yucca brevifolia
Yucca harrimaniae