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The Crooked Garden   PLANT LIST
All the plants are numbered, and these same numbers also appear on the plant signs in the Crooked Garden.
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The Crooked

  Garden Butterfly Plant List
     
 

Scientific Plant Name

Common Plant  Name

Plant Is Host To These Butterflies

     
    (Trees)  
     
67 Acacia farnesiana Sweet Acacia  (native)  
7 Calistemon 'Red Cluster' Red Cluster Bottlebrush  
8 Calistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush  
4 Cassia surattensis Glaucous Cassia Cloudless Sulfur - Orange-barred Sulfur
100 Celtis laevigata        Hackberry Tree (Sugarberry) (native) Hackberry Emperor, Tawny Emperor, Morning Cloak,
Question mark, American Snout
73 Citharexylum fruticosum          Fiddlewood  (native)  
82 Citrofortunella microcarpa Calamondin Orange Giant Swallowtail
9 Cordia sebestena Orange Geiger Tree  (native)  
1 Magnolia virginiana Sweet Bay  (native) Eastern Tiger Swallowtrail ; Eastern Tiger 2
10 Myrica cerifera Wax Mrytle  (native) Red Banded Hairstreak
77 Persea Borbonia Red Bay  (native) Palamedes Swallowtail ; Palamedes2
5 Pithecellobium keyense (image 2) Catclaw Blackbead (native) Fl threatened plant Large Orange Sulfur, Cassius Blue
78 Salix caroliniana Costal Plain Willow (native) Viceroy & Red Spotted Purple
3 Senna mexicana  Bahama Cassia  (native) Cloudless Sulfur - Sleepy Orange
6 Senna polyphylla Desert Cassia Cloudless Sulfur - Sleepy Orange
2 Suriana maritima Bay Cedar   (native) Hairstreaks, (image 2)
11 Zanthoxylum fagara Wild Lime  (native) Bahamian & Giant Swallowtail
       
    (Shrubs)  
     
16 Asclepias spp.  Milk Weed Monarch & Queen
35 Boehmeria cylindrica False Nettle (Bog Hemp) (native) Red Admiral
87 Bougainvillea Bluberry Ice Bougainvillea Blueberry Ice  
66 Bougainvillea glabra Bougainvillea  
15 Buddleja officinalis Butterfly Bush Summer Spring Azure
71 Calotropis Gigantea Giant Milkweed Monarch & Queen
38 Calliandra haematocephala Powder Puff  
39 Calliandra h. 'Nana' Powder Puff, Dwarf  
20 Callicarpa americana Beauty Berry  (native)  
34 Capparis cynophallophora Jamaica Caper (native) Checkered, Florida & Great Southern W.
76 Cephalanthus occidentalis  Buttonbush (native)  
31 Cestrum auranticum Yellow Cestrum  
70 Cordia globosa Blood Berry  (native)  
17 Cuphia hyssopifolia Florida Heather  
35 Duranta repens Golden dewdrop Standard (native)  
36 Duranta repens Golden dewdrop (native)  
33 Galphimia gracilis Thryallis  
14 Hamelia patens 'Compacta' Firebush "Dwarf"  
12 Hamelia patens 'gold' Gold firebush  
30 Heliotropium angiospermum Scorpion Tail (native)  
61 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus  
96 Jasminum multiflorum Downey Jasmine/ Star Jasmine  
62 Jatropha integerrima Jatropha  
23 Lantana camara Lantana  
31 Lantana depressa Pineland Lantana (native)  
22 Lantana Involucrata Wild Button Sage  (native)  
21 Lantana montevidensis Purple Trailing Lantana  
101 Leonotis Leonurus Lion's Ear (Lions Tail, Wild Dagga)  
13 Murraya paniculata 'Lakeview' Lakeview Jasmine standard form  
88 Odontonema cuspidatum (image 2) Fire Spike  
26 Pentas lanceolata Pentas  
27 Plumbago auriculata Plumbago Cassia Blue1
91 Plumbago sandens L. Doctor Bush/Plumbago (native) Cassia Blue2
19 Psychotria undata Wild Coffee   (native)  
28 Russelia equisetiformis Firecracker Plant  
18 Sophora tomentosa Yellow Necklace Pod  (native)  
29 Stahytarpheta jamaicensis Blue/Red Porter Weed  (native)  
45 Stylosanthes biflora L. Sidebeak Pencilflower (native) Barred Yellow
92 Tecoma capensis Cape Honeysuckle  
32 Tecoma stans Esperanza  
37 Zamia floridana Coontie  (native) Alata
     
    (Vines)  
43 Aristolochia littoralis Dutchman's Pipe Vine asst. Pipevine Swallowtail, Polydamus Swallowtail, Polydamus 2
81

Jacquemontia pentanthos

Skyblue Clustervine (native) Endangered Florida Native Species
72 Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle (native)  
40 Passiflora incarnata Maypop Passion Flower  (native) Gulf Fritillary, Julia & Zebra Longwing, Variegated Fritillary
42 Passiflora spp. Passion Vines asst. Gulf Fritillary, Julia & Zebra Longwing
69 Passiflora suberosa Corky Stem Passion Flower (native)
   Gulf Fritillary, Julia & Zebra Longwing
84

Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

 Mexican Flame Vine  
44
Stephanotis florabunda
Wedding Flower also known as: Madagascar Jasmine
41 Symphyotrichum carolinianum Climbing Aster  (native)  
     
    (Herbaceous)  
     
48 Anethum graveolens Dill Black Swallowtail
83 Angelonia angustifolia Summer Snapdragon  
86 Antirrhinum majus Snapdragon  
80 Bacopa monnieri Herb-of-Grace (native) White Peacock
85

Blechum pyramidatum

 Green Shrimp Plant Malachite
90 Catharanthus roseus Madagascar Periwinkle also known as: Vinca
79 Cana flaccida Golden Cana (native) Brazilian Skipper, (image 2) (a.k.a. Cana Skipper)
58 Cirsium horridulum Yellow Thistle Little Metalmark
65 Cleome hassleriana Spider Flower  
98 Cuphea ignea Firecracker Cuphia also known as: Mexican Cigar Cuphia
68 Cuphea llavea Bat Face Cuphia  
49 Eupatorium incarnatum Ageratum (native)  
93 Euryops pectinatus Bush Daisy  
64 Evolvulus glomeratus Blue Daze  
56 Gaillardia pulchella Blanket Flower  (native)  
94 Gerbera jamesonii Gerbera Daisy  
74 Helianthus debilis Beach Sunflower  (native)  
50 Justicia brandegeana Shrimp Plant   
55 Lavandula pinnata Fern Leaf Lavender  
95 Liatris spicata (L) Dense Gayfeather (native)  
46 Liatris spicata voilet Gayfeather (native)  
54 Liatris tenuifolia var. quadriflora Gayfeather (native)  
97 Mimosa strigillosa Sunshine Mimosa (native)  
63 Orthosiphon stamineus Cat's Whiskers  
99 Osteospermum sp. (image 2) South African Daisy  
47 Petroselinum crispum Parsley Black Swallowtail
59 Phyla nodiflora Frog Fruit / Cape Weed  (native) Phaon Crescent
57 Rudbeckia hirta L. Gloriosa Daisy / Black eyed Susan (native)
25 Sagittaria lancifolia L. Duckweed (native)  
52 Salvia coccinea Tropical Sage (native)  
53 Salvia farinacea Salvia  
102 Salvia guaranitica Black & Blue Salvia  
75 Salvia lyrata L. Layre Leaved Sage (native)  
51 Salvia splendens Salvia  
60 Solidago sempervirens Seaside Goldenrod (native)  
24 Verbena canadensis Rose Mock Vervain (native)  
68 Verbena tampensis Tampa Verbena (native)  
     
    (Additional)  
     
     
     

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