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Butterflies in Mind -- Perennials
Susan C. Dunlap
Butterflies in Mind - Perennials. This book is a definitive guide to perennial nectar plants preferred by US butterflies. It empowers you to feed, attract, support (and help identify) nectar-feeding butterflies that reside in the US....

Plebejus acmon

Common name: Acmon Blue

Feeds on these plants:

Aesculus californica

Aesculus hippocastanum

Aesculus pavia

Aesculus x carnea

Asclepias angustifolia

Asclepias asperula

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)

Asclepias fascicularis

Asclepias hallii

Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias perennis

Asclepias purpurascens

Asclepias quadrifolia

Asclepias speciosa

Asclepias subulata

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias viridiflora

Bidens alba

Bidens artistosa

Bidens ferulifolia

Bidens ferulifolia
(sold as Yellow Empire)

Bidens pilosa

Bidens polylepis

Carduus pycnocephalus

Centaurea solstitialis

Eriodictyon angustifolium

Eriodictyon californicum

Eriodictyon tomentosum

Eriogonum abertianum

Eriogonum arborescens

Eriogonum compositum

Eriogonum crocatum

Eriogonum elatum

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Eriogonum giganteum

Eriogonum grande

Eriogonum jamesi

Eriogonum latifolium

Eriogonum nudum

Eriogonum ovalifolium

Eriogonum parishii

Eriogonum parvifolium

Eriogonum umbellatum

Eriogonum wrightii

Erodium chrysanthum

Erodium reichardii
(sold as Roseum)

Erodium x variabile ‘Album’

Heliotropium curassavicum

Lantana camara
(sold as Carlos)

Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Peach Sunrise)

Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Pink Dawn)

Lantana hirta

Lantana hybrid
(sold as New Gold)

Lantana involucrata

Lantana montevidensis

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Confetti)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Lavender Trailing)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as New Gold)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as orange)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as white)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as yellow)

Lantana ‘Silver Mound’

Mentha pulegium

Rudbeckia occidentalis

Scabiosa caucasica

Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama’

Scabiosa columbaria

Scabiosa ochroleuca

Scabiosa ‘Pink Mist’

Securigera varia

Senecio cineraria

Senecio congestus

Senecio douglasii

Senecio elegans

Senecio erucifolius

Senecio flaccidus v douglasii

Senecio flaccidus

Senecio glastifolius

Senecio integerrimus

Senecio jacobaea

Senecio leucanthemifolius

Senecio linearifolius

Senecio mandraliscae

Senecio nemorensis

Senecio rufiglandulosus

Senecio serpens

Senecio talinoides

Solidago californica

Solidago canadensis

Solidago flexicaulis

Solidago multiradiata

Solidago nultiradiata

Solidago rigida

Solidago rugosa

Solidago spectabilis

Solidago ‘Crown Of Rays’

Symphyotrichum chilense

Symphyotrichum dumosum

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Symphyotrichum henersonii

Symphyotrichum lateriflium

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Symphyotrichum praealtum

Symphyotrichum puniceum

Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Trifolium hybridum

Trifolium incarnatum

Trifolium pratense

Trifolium repens

Trifolium repens
(sold as Atropurpureum)

Trifolium rubens

Plebejus acmon, the Acmon Blue, can be found in WA,OR,CA,AZ,NM,TX,WY,KS,OK,AR,ID, and SD.
Favorite nectar plants include: Asclepias, Bidens, Carduus, Eriogonum, Lantana, and Verbena
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Host plants:
Astragalus
Astragalus allochrous playanus
Astragalus lentiginosus
Astragalus triflorus
Eriogonum
Eriogonum abertianum
Eriogonum compositum
Eriogonum compositum lieanthum
Eriogonum corymbosum velutinum
Eriogonum effusum
Eriogonum elatum
Eriogonum elongatum
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum flavum
Eriogonum gracillimum
Eriogonum jamesii xanthum
Eriogonum latifolium
Eriogonum marifolium
Eriogonum nudum
Eriogonum parvifolium
Eriogonum plumatella
Eriogonum pyrolifolium
Eriogonum racemosum
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum
Eriogonum strictum
Eriogonum umbellatum
Eriogonum umbellatum majus
Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum
Eriogonum wrightii trachygonum
Eriogonum wrightii wrightii
Eschscholzia californica
Eschweilera
Lotus
Lotus denticulatus
Lotus humistratus
Lotus micranthus
Lotus oblongifolius
Lotus parviflorus
Lotus procumbens
Lotus scoparius
Lotus unifolialatus
Lupinus
Melilotus officinalis
Polygonum aviculare
Trifolium

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