Our Plant Collection
Plant Collection description

In this collection, you will find many of the plants that are housed in our Conservatory and are visited frequently by our butterflies.  In addition, many of the plants in our outdoor  butterfly gardens are also listed.   

The first item for each plant is its Latin name and this link will take you to additional information about the species.

Psiguria tabascensis

Common Name: Tropical Cucumber Vine

Native Location: Central America

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Common Name: Porterweed

Native Location: Hardy to zones 10 through 11 and not native to the United States

Clerodendrum speciosissimum

Common Name: Java Glorybower

Native Location: Indonesian island of Java

Amsonia illustris

Common Name: Shining Bluestar

Native Location: St. Louis, Midwest

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Common Name: False Heather

Native Location: Mexico, Guatemala

Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum

Common Name: Shooting star

Native Location: Fiji Islands, Central America


Echinacea paradoxa

Common Name: Yellow coneflower

Native Location: Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas

Rudbeckia hirta

Common Name: Black-eyed Susan

Native Location: Eastern and central United States

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Common Name: New England Aster

Native Location: Eastern North America


Callirhoe involucrata

Common Name: Purple Poppy Mallow

Native Location: Missouri, N. Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas

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