Gray hairstreak butterfly
Strymon melinus
Tiny butterfly with gray underside, orange hindwing spots, and hair-like tail extensions. Caterpillars feed on legumes and other plants. Widespread generalist that benefits from diverse Bay Area plant palettes.
Plants that support Gray hairstreak butterfly
49 plants
Red-flowering buckwheat
Eriogonum grande var. rubescens
perennial herb
Larval Host
Blue Witch
Solanum umbelliferum
shrub
Larval Host
California Milkweed
Asclepias californica
perennial herb
Larval Host
Dove Weed
Croton setiger
annual
Larval Host
Giant Coreopsis
Leptosyne gigantea
perennial herb
Nectar
Island mallow
Malva assurgentiflora
shrub
Larval Host
Jepson's Woolly Sunflower
Eriophyllum jepsonii
shrub
Larval Host
Mountain Pride Bluewitch
Solanum xanti 'Mountain Pride'
perennial herb
Larval Host
Pacific stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
perennial herb
Larval Host
Seaside Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
perennial herb
Larval Host
Summer Lupine
Lupinus formosus var. formosus
perennial herb
Larval Host
Woolypod milkweed
Asclepias eriocarpa
perennial herb
Larval Host
Alkali Seaheath
Frankenia salina
perennial herb
Nectar
American Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
perennial herb
Larval Host
American birdsfoot trefoil
Acmispon americanus
annual
Larval Host
Beach Suncup
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia subsp. cheiranthifolia
perennial herb
Larval Host
Big Deervetch
Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia
perennial herb
Larval Host
Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
perennial herb
Nectar
Bladder Desert-parsley
Lomatium utriculatum
perennial herb
Nectar
Brewer's Ragwort
Packera breweri
perennial herb
Larval Host
Bright Green Dudleya
Dudleya virens
perennial herb
Nectar
California Buckeye
Aesculus californica
tree
Nectar
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
shrub
Larval Host
California Coffeeberry
Frangula californica
shrub
Larval Host
California Golden Violet
Viola pedunculata
perennial herb
Foliage
California Goldenrod
Solidago velutina ssp. californica
perennial herb
Nectar
California Phacelia
Phacelia californica
perennial herb
Nectar
California Wild Rose
Rosa californica
shrub
Larval Host
Chaparral Pea
Pickeringia montana var. montana
shrub
Larval Host
Douglas's False Willow
Baccharis glutinosa
perennial herb
Nectar
Golden aster
Heterotheca sessiliflora
perennial herb
Larval Host
Graceful Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis
perennial herb
Nectar
Hooker's Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri
annual
Nectar
Imbricate Phacelia
Phacelia imbricata var. imbricata
perennial herb
Nectar
Large Leather-root
Hoita macrostachya
perennial herb
Foliage
Lippia
Phyla nodiflora
perennial herb
Larval Host
Mission Manzanita
Xylococcus bicolor
perennial herb
Larval Host
Popcorn-flower
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
annual
Larval Host
Rodeo Rose Arroyo Lupine
Lupinus succulentus 'Rodeo Rose'
annual
Larval Host
Rough-leaved Aster
Eurybia radulina
perennial herb
Larval Host
Santa Rosa Island Sage
Salvia brandegeei 'Pacific Blue'
shrub
Larval Host
Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
perennial herb
Nectar
Seaside woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
shrub
Nectar
Shade Phacelia
Phacelia nemoralis var. nemoralis
perennial herb
Larval Host
St. Catherine's Lace
Eriogonum giganteum
perennial herb
Nectar
Vervain
Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida
perennial herb
Larval Host
Western Virgin's Bower
Clematis ligusticifolia
vine
Nectar
Willdenow's Clover
Trifolium willdenovii
annual
Larval Host
Willow-leaved Dock
Rumex salicifolius
perennial herb
Larval Host