Logan Native Plants for Butterflies

Local native plants known to be butterfly host plants. Based on information available publicly online. This list is a working document and is not meant to be a comprehensive list of host plants.

All 214

blue trumpet ¹
Brunoniella australis

love flower ²
Pseuderanthemum variabile

lesser joyweed ³
Alternanthera denticulata

currantbush ⁴
Carissa ovata

bowman's milkvine ⁵
Cynanchum bowmanii

hoya vine ⁶
Hoya australis

narrow-leaved milk vine ⁵
Marsdenia fraseri

Lloyd's milkvine ⁷
Marsdenia lloydii

Brisbane parsonsia ⁸
Parsonsia brisbanensis

rough silkpod ⁹
Parsonsia lanceolata

green-leaved silkpod ⁵
Parsonsia longipetiolata

narrow-leaved silkpod ¹⁰
Parsonsia paulforsteri

veinless silkpod
Parsonsia rotata

monkey's rope ¹¹
Parsonsia straminea

hairy silkpod ¹²
Parsonsia velutina

corky milk vine ¹³
Secamone elliptica

small-leaved tylophora
Vincetoxicum grandiflorum

celery wood ¹⁴
Polyscias elegans

yellow buttons ¹⁵
Chrysocephalum apiculatum

paper daisy ¹⁶
Xerochrysum bracteatum

koda ¹⁷
Ehretia acuminata

five-leaf cassia ¹⁸
Chamaecrista mimosoides

field sensitive pea ¹⁹
Chamaecrista nomame

brush senna ¹⁴
Senna acclinis

caper bush ²⁰
Capparis arborea

climbing caper ⁵
Capparis sarmentosa

annual saltbush ²¹
Atriplex muelleri

berry saltbush ²²
Chenopodium robertianum

climbing saltbush ²³
Chenopodium nutans

knotted goosefoot ²⁴
Chenopodium polygonoides

austral seablite ²⁵
Suaeda australis

slender milkvine ⁵
Marsdenia coronata

pepper-leaved senna ²⁶
Senna sophera

grey ebony ¹²
Diospyros fasciculosa

hard quandong ²⁷
Elaeocarpus obovatus

blueberry ash ¹⁴
Elaeocarpus reticulatus

native holly ⁵
Alchornea ilicifolia

black bean ²⁸
Castanospermum australe

Crotalaria brevis ²⁹

Crotalaria humifusa

trefoil rattlepod
Crotalaria medicaginea

yellow rattlepod ²⁹
Crotalaria mitchellii

rattlepod ³
Crotalaria montana

narrow-leaved rattlepod ³⁰
Crotalaria montana angustifolia

emu foot ⁵
Cullen tenax

no known common name ¹³
Galactia tenuiflora

twining glycine ³¹
Glycine clandestina

no known common name ³²
Glycine microphylla

glycine pea ³²
Glycine tabacina

woolly glycine ³³
Glycine tomentella

native indigo ³⁴
Indigofera australis

hairy indigo ¹⁷
Indigofera hirsuta

dogwood ³⁵
Jacksonia scoparia

red Kennedy pea ³
Kennedia rubicunda

burny bean ³⁶
Mucuna gigantea

hairy bush-pea ¹¹
Pultenaea villosa

yellow pea bush ³⁷
Sesbania cannabina

smooth Darling pea ³
Swainsona galegifolia

Tephrosia rufula ¹⁰

wild cow pea ³⁸
Vigna vexillata angustifolia

wild cow pea ¹³
Vigna vexillata youngiana

daisy-leaved goodenia ³⁹
Goodenia bellidifolia

tall goodenia
Goodenia bellidifolia argentea

Amyema bifurcata ⁴⁰

Acacia baeuerlenii ⁴¹

Acacia granitica ¹⁰

creek sandpaper fig ⁴²
Ficus coronata

small-leaved Moreton Bay fig ¹¹
Ficus obliqua

sandpaper fig ⁴³
Ficus opposita

rusty fig ⁴⁴
Ficus rubiginosa

white fig ¹¹
Ficus virens

burney vine ⁴⁵
Malaisia scandens

river mangrove ¹⁷
Aegiceras corniculatum

muttonwood ⁴⁶
Myrsine variabilis

creek lillypilly ⁴⁷
Syzygium smithii

brush box ¹⁴
Lophostemon confertus

swamp mahogany ⁴⁸
Lophostemon suaveolens

scrub cherry ⁴⁹
Syzygium australe

blue cherry ¹¹
Syzygium oleosum

narrow-leaved jasmine ⁵⁰
Jasminum simplicifolium suavissimum

native olive ⁵¹
Notelaea longifolia

native passionfruit ⁵²
Passiflora aurantia aurantia

native yellow passion vine ⁵³
Passiflora herbertiana herbertiana

coffee bush ⁵⁴
Breynia oblongifolia

prickly pine ⁵⁵
Bursaria incana

blackthorn ⁵⁶
Bursaria spinosa

blackthorn ⁵⁷
Bursaria spinosa spinosa

orange thorn ⁵
Pittosporum multiflorum

shade plantain ⁵⁸
Plantago debilis

Queensland nut ⁵⁹
Macadamia integrifolia

yellow tulip ⁴²
Drypetes deplanchei

soap tree ⁴⁰
Alphitonia excelsa

forest boronia ⁶⁰
Boronia rosmarinifolia

finger lime ¹¹
Citrus australasica

native lime
Citrus australis

tingle tongue ⁶¹
Dinosperma erythrococcum

crow's ash ²⁸
Flindersia australis

Bennett's ash ⁵
Flindersia bennettii

mountain ash ⁶²
Flindersia collina

bumpy ash ⁶³
Flindersia schottiana

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Logan Native Plants for Butterflies

blue trumpet 1 Brunoniella australis

love flower 2 Pseuderanthemum variabile

lesser joyweed 3 Alternanthera denticulata

currantbush 4 Carissa ovata

bowman's milkvine 5 Cynanchum bowmanii

hoya vine 6 Hoya australis

narrow-leaved milk vine 5 Marsdenia fraseri

Lloyd's milkvine 7 Marsdenia lloydii

Brisbane parsonsia 8 Parsonsia brisbanensis

rough silkpod 9 Parsonsia lanceolata

green-leaved silkpod 5 Parsonsia longipetiolata

narrow-leaved silkpod 10 Parsonsia paulforsteri

veinless silkpod Parsonsia rotata

monkey's rope 11 Parsonsia straminea

hairy silkpod 12 Parsonsia velutina

corky milk vine 13 Secamone elliptica

small-leaved tylophora Vincetoxicum grandiflorum

celery wood 14 Polyscias elegans

yellow buttons 15 Chrysocephalum apiculatum

paper daisy 16 Xerochrysum bracteatum

koda 17 Ehretia acuminata

five-leaf cassia 18 Chamaecrista mimosoides

field sensitive pea 19 Chamaecrista nomame

brush senna 14 Senna acclinis

caper bush 20 Capparis arborea

climbing caper 5 Capparis sarmentosa

annual saltbush 21 Atriplex muelleri

berry saltbush 22 Chenopodium robertianum

climbing saltbush 23 Chenopodium nutans

knotted goosefoot 24 Chenopodium polygonoides

austral seablite 25 Suaeda australis

slender milkvine 5 Marsdenia coronata

pepper-leaved senna 26 Senna sophera

grey ebony 12 Diospyros fasciculosa

hard quandong 27 Elaeocarpus obovatus

blueberry ash 14 Elaeocarpus reticulatus

native holly 5 Alchornea ilicifolia

black bean 28 Castanospermum australe

Crotalaria brevis 29

Crotalaria humifusa

trefoil rattlepod Crotalaria medicaginea

yellow rattlepod 29 Crotalaria mitchellii

rattlepod 3 Crotalaria montana

narrow-leaved rattlepod 30 Crotalaria montana angustifolia

emu foot 5 Cullen tenax

no known common name 13 Galactia tenuiflora

twining glycine 31 Glycine clandestina

no known common name 32 Glycine microphylla

glycine pea 32 Glycine tabacina

woolly glycine 33 Glycine tomentella

native indigo 34 Indigofera australis

hairy indigo 17 Indigofera hirsuta

dogwood 35 Jacksonia scoparia

red Kennedy pea 3 Kennedia rubicunda

burny bean 36 Mucuna gigantea

hairy bush-pea 11 Pultenaea villosa

yellow pea bush 37 Sesbania cannabina

smooth Darling pea 3 Swainsona galegifolia

Tephrosia rufula 10

wild cow pea 38 Vigna vexillata angustifolia

wild cow pea 13 Vigna vexillata youngiana

daisy-leaved goodenia 39 Goodenia bellidifolia

tall goodenia Goodenia bellidifolia argentea

Amyema bifurcata 40

Acacia baeuerlenii 41

Acacia granitica 10

creek sandpaper fig 42 Ficus coronata

small-leaved Moreton Bay fig 11 Ficus obliqua

sandpaper fig 43 Ficus opposita

rusty fig 44 Ficus rubiginosa

white fig 11 Ficus virens

burney vine 45 Malaisia scandens

river mangrove 17 Aegiceras corniculatum

muttonwood 46 Myrsine variabilis

creek lillypilly 47 Syzygium smithii

brush box 14 Lophostemon confertus

swamp mahogany 48 Lophostemon suaveolens

scrub cherry 49 Syzygium australe

blue cherry 11 Syzygium oleosum