Dye plants that butterflies enjoy include Anthemis tinctoria (Dyers’ chamomile), Cleome (Rocky Mountain bee plant), Cosmos sulphereus (Yellow cosmos), Coreopsis tinctoria (Dyers’ coreopsis), Parsley, Yarrow, Sunflower.
Butterfly Plants
Agastache |
Aster |
Borage |
Calendula
Centaurea |
Cosmos |
Echinacea |
Hesperis
Lupine |
Marigold |
Mexican Sunflower |
Parsley
Red Clover |
Violet |
White Clover |
Yarrow
The Butterflies
Black Swallowtail |
Cabbage White |
Monarch
Mourning Cloak |
Red Admiral |
Silver Skipper |
Silvery Blue
Skipper |
Sulphur |
Tawny Crescent |
Tiger Swallowtail |
Vanessa |
White Admiral
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