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.

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piccabeen palm ¹
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

tall saw-sedge ²
Gahnia clarkei

sword grass ³
Gahnia sieberiana

a sedge ⁴
Scleria mackaviensis

native yam ⁵
Dioscorea transversa

supplejack ⁶
Flagellaria indica

native iris ⁷
Patersonia glabrata

native iris ⁸
Patersonia sericea

native iris ⁹
Patersonia sericea sericea

a mat rush ¹⁰
Lomandra confertifolia

narrow-leaved mat rush ¹¹
Lomandra confertifolia pallida

wattle mat rush ¹²
Lomandra filiformis

creek mat rush ¹²
Lomandra hystrix

mat rush ⁷
Lomandra longifolia

many-flowered mat rush ¹³
Lomandra multiflora

many-flowered mat rush ¹⁴
Lomandra multiflora multiflora

blady grass ¹⁵
Imperata cylindrica

southern grass ¹⁶
Ischaemum australe

swamp rice grass ¹⁵
Leersia hexandra

common reed ¹⁷
Phragmites australis

tussock grass ¹⁸
Poa labillardierei labillardierei

kangaroo grass ¹⁹
Themeda triandra

barbed-wire vine ²⁰
Smilax australis

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Logan Native Plants for Butterflies

piccabeen palm 1 Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

tall saw-sedge 2 Gahnia clarkei

sword grass 3 Gahnia sieberiana

a sedge 4 Scleria mackaviensis

native yam 5 Dioscorea transversa

supplejack 6 Flagellaria indica

native iris 7 Patersonia glabrata

native iris 8 Patersonia sericea

native iris 9 Patersonia sericea sericea

a mat rush 10 Lomandra confertifolia

narrow-leaved mat rush 11 Lomandra confertifolia pallida

wattle mat rush 12 Lomandra filiformis

creek mat rush 12 Lomandra hystrix

mat rush 7 Lomandra longifolia

many-flowered mat rush 13 Lomandra multiflora

many-flowered mat rush 14 Lomandra multiflora multiflora

blady grass 15 Imperata cylindrica

southern grass 16 Ischaemum australe

swamp rice grass 15 Leersia hexandra

common reed 17 Phragmites australis

tussock grass 18 Poa labillardierei labillardierei

kangaroo grass 19 Themeda triandra

barbed-wire vine 20 Smilax australis