Annual and Perennial Plants of the LRGV
The following table lists the growing group of plants that have been suggested and reviewed by butterfly gardeners in the LRGV.
Check back often, the LRGV Garden Guide is currently under construction. More annuals and perennials will be added to the table below in the coming months.
English Name |
Scientific Name |
Plant Type |
Caterpillar Food Plant for: |
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| Butterfly Mistflower | Chromolaena odorata | perennial | Not a caterpillar food plant | |
| Firewheel | Gaillarida pulchella | annual | Not a caterpillar food plant | |
| Heartleaf Hibiscus | Hibiscus martianus | perennial | Yojoa Scrub-hairstreak, Mallow Scrub-hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak | |
| Partridge Pe | Chamaecrista fasciculata | annual | Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange, Little Yellow, Ceraunus Blue, Gray Hairstreak | |
| Texas Toadflax | Nuttallanthus texanus | perennial | Common Buckeye | |
| Tropical Milkweed | Asclepias curassavica | perennial or annual | Monarch, Queen, Soldier | |
| Turkey Tangle Fogfruit | Phyla nodiflora |
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Common Buckeye, Phaon Crescent, White Peacock | |
Butterflies