SUSAN DUNLAP PAINTER & PHOTOGRAPHER
  • Oil Paintings
    • New Work
    • Paintings in Oil: Luminous Old Master Abstracts. 1996-2010
    • Paintings in Oil: Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Paintings in Oil: Clay Face Series. Late 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: About Loss. Mid 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: Floral Series. Early 1990's
  • Watercolors
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Fantasy Series. Early 1980's
  • Sculpture: The Great Spirit Path 1980-1985
  • Photography
    • Photographs: Clay Face Series. 1995 - 2016
    • Insect's View of Nectar Plants: General Collection >
      • Asclepias
      • Aster
      • Bidens
      • Buddleja
      • Ceanothus
      • Cirsium
      • Echinacea
      • Gaillardia
      • Lantana
      • Salvia
      • Tagetes
      • Taraxacum
      • Trifolium
      • Verbena
      • Zinnia
  • Butterflies
    • Butterflies in Mind: Perennials
    • Butterflies in Mind: Asclepias
    • Butterflies in Mind: Monarch
    • Butterflies in Mind: Zinnia
    • Monarch Nectar Plants (sample)
  • Botany
    • Apical images: Cactaceae >
      • Acanthocalycium
      • Ariocarpus
      • Astrophytum
      • Austrocylindropuntia
      • Aztekium
      • Cleistocactus
      • Coryphantha
      • Ferocactus
    • Apical Images: Sample from Aerulean Software & Issued U.S. Patents >
      • Arctostaphylos
      • Artemesia, Erigeron, Lavandula, Viburnum
      • Buxus
      • Ceanothus
      • Cistus
      • Cotoneaster
      • Eriogonum
      • Euphorbia
      • Geranium
      • Rhododendron
      • Salvia
  • Other
    • Statement & Videos
    • Testimonials
    • CV
  • Contact
Picture
Monach, Danaus plexippus, nectaring in a California garden on Roldana petasitis, Velvet Groundsel.
(syn Senecio petasitis)                                                                                                     c S. Dunlap

​Monarch Nectar Plants

Want to feed a specific butterfly? Tools at aerulean.com enable you to find a complete list of nectar plants that appeal to US butterflies. The search results reduce 38,000 entries to a report of either nectar plants that appeal to a specific US butterfly, or, a list of US butterflies that feed on a specific nectar plant. 

Analysis of 16,000+ images show that in additon to Asclepias (aka 'Milkweed'), over 95 nectar plants appeal to Monarch butterflies. Below is a sample list of those plants -- many that can be grown in your garden or in pots on your patio.  This link directs you to a complete list of plants. Happy planting! 
​
  • Apocynum
  • Bidens
  • Ceanothus
  • Coreopsis
  • Echinacea
  • Eriogonum
  • Gaillardia
  • Helianthus
  • Monarda
  • Ratibida
  • Rudbeckia
  • Salvia
  • Scabiosa
  • Solidago
  • Trifolium
  • Verbena
  • Zinnia 


Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Oil Paintings
    • New Work
    • Paintings in Oil: Luminous Old Master Abstracts. 1996-2010
    • Paintings in Oil: Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Paintings in Oil: Clay Face Series. Late 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: About Loss. Mid 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: Floral Series. Early 1990's
  • Watercolors
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Fantasy Series. Early 1980's
  • Sculpture: The Great Spirit Path 1980-1985
  • Photography
    • Photographs: Clay Face Series. 1995 - 2016
    • Insect's View of Nectar Plants: General Collection >
      • Asclepias
      • Aster
      • Bidens
      • Buddleja
      • Ceanothus
      • Cirsium
      • Echinacea
      • Gaillardia
      • Lantana
      • Salvia
      • Tagetes
      • Taraxacum
      • Trifolium
      • Verbena
      • Zinnia
  • Butterflies
    • Butterflies in Mind: Perennials
    • Butterflies in Mind: Asclepias
    • Butterflies in Mind: Monarch
    • Butterflies in Mind: Zinnia
    • Monarch Nectar Plants (sample)
  • Botany
    • Apical images: Cactaceae >
      • Acanthocalycium
      • Ariocarpus
      • Astrophytum
      • Austrocylindropuntia
      • Aztekium
      • Cleistocactus
      • Coryphantha
      • Ferocactus
    • Apical Images: Sample from Aerulean Software & Issued U.S. Patents >
      • Arctostaphylos
      • Artemesia, Erigeron, Lavandula, Viburnum
      • Buxus
      • Ceanothus
      • Cistus
      • Cotoneaster
      • Eriogonum
      • Euphorbia
      • Geranium
      • Rhododendron
      • Salvia
  • Other
    • Statement & Videos
    • Testimonials
    • CV
  • Contact