Getting started with Butterfly Gardening Collated by Rita de Heer from Create More Butterflies by Jordan and Schwenke Enterprises 2005 Sc = source; MC = Mullum Creek Native Nursery
	Latin	Common	Cultivation notes	Sc		Butterflies
A	Acacia ?	Mudgee Wattle	Prune to keep at 2 metres,		host	Tailed Emperor; Imperial Hairstreak; Moonlight Jewel
	Alphitonia excelsa	Red Ash	Timber tree, slow, also called Soap tree; open forest; poisonous; leaves have saponin for stupifying fish; beetles, sawflies & moths; attracts birds		host	Indigo flash; Small green-banded blue also host for Alphitonia mistletoe (Ameyema conspicuum) plus Ant attended butterflies
	Alphitonia petriei	White Ash	Shade tree, softer leaves		host	Ditto blue
B	Babingtonia crenulata	Spindly baeckea			nectar	many
	Breynia oblongifolia	Breynia	Shrub, sometimes suckers, small tree, prune	MC	host	Large grass yellow
	Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria			nectar	several
C	Cassia brewsterii	Brush cassia	Prune, can become large tree		host	Lemon migrant, lemon & white
	Cassia retusa				host	Ditto; Small grass yellow
	Cullen tenax	Emu Foot	groundcover		host	Chequered swallowtail
	Cupaniopsis anacardioides	Tuckeroo	Tree, prune to keep 2 metres		host	Common pencilled blue
	Citrus australasica	Finger Lime	Tree; orchard citrus OK too		host	Orchard, fuscous and dainty swallowtails
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E	Eupomatia laurina	Bolwarra	Tree		host	Eastern dusk-flat
	Elaeagnus triflora	Millaa millaa	Scrambler, keep under control		host	Indigo flash
F	Ficus benjamina	Weeping fig	Keep in pot; balcony;		host	Common crow
G	Glinus oppositifolius	Slender carpet weed	Edges of billabongs and creeks;		host	Spotted grass blue
H	Hygrophila augustifolia	Karamat	Frog ponds; partially submerged or dry land		host	Chocolate Argus; Dainty Grass Blue; Blue-banded Bees
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L	Lomandra hystrix	Creek matrush	Also cover for Fritillary	MC	host	Splendid ochre
	Lomandra longifolia		Ditto; eggs maybe laid nearby, walls pots etc	MC	host
	Latin	Common	Cultivation notes	Sc		Butterflies
M	Melicopa rubra	Little Evodia			nectar	Blue triangles
	Melodorum leichardtii	Zig-zag vine	Slow grower while young, prune to form a bush; edible fruit		host	Pale triangle being larger eats older leaves; Four bar swordtail
	Micromelum minutum	Lime berry	Difficult but attractive shrub		host nectar	Fuscous swallowtail + sevaral visitors for the nectar
P	Parsonsia straminea	Monkey rope vine	Good nectar for butterflies, bees, wasps & beetles		host nectar	Common crow
	Passiflora aurantia	Blunt-leaved passion vine	Fruit for Blue tongue lizards; easy to grow from cuttings; some treat it as annual		host	Glasswing
	Pipterus argentius	Native mulberry	Shrub; prune; fast growing pioneer; male/female plants	MC	host	Speckled line blue; Jezebel nymph; Yellow admiral
	Plumbago zeylanica	Native Plumbago	Rambler, shade, moist ground; sticky seeds, can get away, can replace singapore Daisy;		host	Plumbago blue
	Pseuderanthemum variabile	Love flower	Grow well in pots; orchid growers call it Kirkwood’s curse		host	Leafwing; Varied and Blue-banded eggfly; Blue argus; Blue banded bees
S	Secamone eliptica	Corky Milk-vine	Milky sap; hoop pine scrubs; layers to spread; seeds on the wind		host	Blue tiger
	Senna gaudichaudii	Climbing Senna	Flat seed pods, scrambler		host	Yellow migrant
	Senna sulpurae				host	Yellow migrant
T	Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass	This is the most common host, avoid whisky grass		host	Evening brown
V	Viola betonicifolia	Arrowhead violet	Widespread small herb, grows very well in pots; keep near lomandra for cover	MC	both	Laced fritillary
X	Xerochrysum brachteatum	Paper Daisy	Herbs	seed	Both	Australian Painted Lady