The Crooked Garden Butterfly Plant List

All the plants are numbered, and these same numbers also appear on the
laminated plant identification cards that are available to carry around with you
while visiting the Crooked Garden.

Plant Number &
Scientific Plant Name
Common Plant Name
Plant Is Host To These Butterflies
(TREES)(TREES)(BUTTERFLIES)
67 Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia (native)
7 Calistemon 'Red Cluster' Red Cluster Bottlebrush
17 Calliandra haemalocephalaPowder Puff
8 Calistemon viminalisWeeping Bottlebrush
4 Cassia surattensisGlaucous CassiaCloudless Sulfur - Orange-barred Sulfur
102 Caesalpinia pulcherrima Dwarf Poinciana
73 Citharexylum fruticosum Fiddlewood (native)
82 Citrofortunella microcarpaCalamondin OrangeGiant Swallowtail
9 Cordia sebestenaOrange Geiger Tree (native)
1 Magnolia virginianaSweet Bay (native)Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ; Eastern Tiger 2
10 Myrica ceriferaWax Mrytle (native)Red Banded Hairstreak
77 Persea BorboniaRed Bay (native)Palamedes Swallowtail ; Palamedes2
78 Salix carolinianaCostal Plain Willow (native)Viceroy & Red Spotted Purple
44 Senna alataCandle Bush (native)Cloudless Sulfur - Sleepy Orange - Orange-barred Sulfur
3 Senna mexicana Bahama Cassia (native)Cloudless Sulfur - Sleepy Orange
6 Senna polyphyllaDesert CassiaCloudless Sulfur - Sleepy Orange
2 Suriana maritimaBay Cedar (native)Hairstreaks, (image 2)
11 Zanthoxylum fagaraWild Lime (native)Bahamian & Giant Swallowtail & Giant Swallowtail_2
(SHRUBS)(SHRUBS)(BUTTERFLIES)
22 Asclepias incarnataSwamp MilkweedMonarch & Queen
16 Asclepias curassavucaTropical Milk WeedMonarch & Queen
100 Boehmeria cylindricaFalse Nettle (Bog Hemp) (native)Red Admiral , Question Mark, and Comma
87 Bougainvillea Bluberry IceBougainvillea Blueberry Ice
66 Bougainvillea barbara karstBougainvillea
15 Buddleja officinalisButterfly BushSummer Spring Azure
71 Calotropis GiganteaGiant MilkweedMonarch & Queen
5 Calliandra haematocephala 'alba"White Powder Puff
39 Calliandra h. 'Nana'Powder Puff, Dwarf
20 Callicarpa americanaBeauty Berry (native)
34 Capparis cynophallophoraJamaica Caper (native)Checkered, Florida & Great Southern W.
76 Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush (native)
31 Cestrum auranticumYellow Cestrum
70 Cordia globosaBlood Berry (native)
35 Duranta repensGolden dewdrop Standard (native)
36 Duranta repensGolden dewdrop (native)
33 Galphimia gracilisThryallis
68 Gelsemium sempervirensYellow Jasmine (native)
55 Glandularia maritimaBeach Verbena (native/endangered)
14 Hamelia patens 'Compacta'Firebush "Dwarf"
12 Hamelia patens 'gold'Gold firebush
30 Heliotropium angiospermumScorpion Tail (native)
98 Hibiscus coccineusMarsh Hibiscus (native)
61 Hibiscus rosa-sinensisHibiscus
96 Jasminum multiflorumDowney Jasmine/ Star Jasmine
62 Jatropha integerrimaJatropha
23 Lantana camaraLantana
45 Lantana depressaPineland Lantana (native)
92 Lantana InvolucrataWhite Lantana Sage (native)
21 Lantana montevidensisPurple Trailing Lantana
13 Murraya paniculata 'Lakeview'Lakeview Jasmine (standard form)
26 Pentas lanceolataPentas
27 Plumbago auriculataPlumbagoCassia Blue
91 Plumbago sandens L.Doctor Bush/Plumbago (native)Cassia Blue
19 Psychotria undataWild Coffee (native)
38 Rondeletia leucophyllaPanama Rose (a.k.a. Bush Penta)
28 Russelia equisetiformisFirecracker Plant
18 Sophora tomentosaYellow Necklace Pod (native)
29 Stahytarpheta jamaicensisBlue Porter Weed (native)
32 Tecoma stansEsperanza
95 Vitex agnus-castus L.Lilac Chasetree (Vitex tree)
(VINES)(VINES)(BUTTERFLIES)
43 Aristolochia littoralisDutchman's Pipe Vine asst. Pipevine Swallowtail, Polydamus Swallowtail, Polydamus 2
94 Aristolochia ringensGaping Dutchman's Pipe VinePolydamus Swallowtail
81 Jacquemontia pentanthosSkyblue Clustervine (native/endangered )
40 Passiflora incarnataMaypop Passion Flower (native)Gulf Fritillary, Julia & Zebra Longwing, Variegated Fritillary
42 Passiflora spp.Passion Vines asst.Gulf Fritillary, Julia & Zebra Longwing
69 Passiflora suberosaCorky Stem Passion Flower (native)Gulf Fritillary, Julia & Zebra Longwing
99 Petrea volubilisQueen's Wreath
84 Pseudogynoxys chenopodioidesMexican Flame Vine
41 Symphyotrichum carolinianumClimbing Aster (native)
(HERBACEOUS)(HERBACEOUS)(BUTTERFLIES)
48 Anethum graveolensDillBlack Swallowtail
83 Angelonia angustifoliaSummer Snapdragon
80 Bacopa monnieriHerb-of-Grace (native)White Peacock
79 Cana flaccidaCana lily(native)
(a.k.a. Cana Skipper)
Brazilian Skipper, (image 2)
46 Coreopsis levenworthiiLevenworth's Tickseed (native)
(Florida's State wildflower)
49 Eupatorium incarnatumAgeratum (native)
93 Euryops pectinatusBush Daisy
64 Evolvulus glomeratusBlue Daze
58 Foeniculum vulgareFennelBlack Swallowtail
56 Gaillardia pulchellaBlanket Flower (native)
74 Helianthus debilisBeach Sunflower (native)
97 Mimosa strigillosaSunshine Mimosa (native)
47 Petroselinum crispumParsleyBlack Swallowtail
59 Phyla nodiflora Frog Fruit / a.k.a. Cape Weed (native)Phaon Crescent
57 Rudbeckia hirta L.Gloriosa Daisy (native)
(a.k.a. Black eyed Susan)
25 Sagittaria lancifolia L.Duckweed (native)
75 Salvia 'balsalmisp'Mystic Spires / Blue Sage
52 Salvia coccineaTropical Sage (native)
53 Salvia farinaceaSalvia
51 Salvia splendensSalvia
60 Solidago sempervirens (image 2)Seaside Goldenrod (native)
24 Tulbaghia violaceaSociety Garlic
50,54,63,72,85,86,88,89,90,101,103+