Plants that support Acmon blue butterfly
3 plants
American birdsfoot trefoil
Acmispon americanus
annual
Host plant for larval development; critical for population maintenance in California
Bay Area native
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
shrub
Host plant for multiple broods Mar-Oct
Bay Area native
Deerweed*
Acmispon brachycarpus
annual
Larval development on Lotus/Acmispon host plants, multiple generations spring-fall
Bay Area native