Plants that support American Lady Butterfly
10 plants
Bigelow's Sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii
perennial herb
Multiple generations use as larval foodplant; spring through fall activity
California Larkspur
Delphinium californicum subsp. californicum
perennial herb
Host plant for larval development
California pearly everlasting
Pseudognaphalium californicum
perennial herb
caterpillars utilize foliage as food source during spring breeding period
Coast Range Mule-ears
Wyethia glabra
perennial herb
Larval host plant utilized in spring for reproduction
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
perennial herb
Spring migration staging and spring broods
Kellogg's Yampah
Perideridia kelloggii
perennial herb
Migratory species using wildflowers for nectar during spring and fall passage
Milkmaids
Cardamine californica
perennial herb
Migratory species using as nectar source during passage through California
Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana
perennial herb
Multiple generations use Artemisia as primary larval host plant
Pink Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum
annual
Caterpillars feed on foliage; multiple generations in California
Woodland Madia
Anisocarpus madioides
perennial herb
documented larval host plant; caterpillars feed on foliage during spring-summer