Painted Lady

The Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) is a member of the Brush-footed (Nymphalidae) family, and is found in the San Francisco Bay Area.

It is attracted to the following California native plants, found in the East Bay region:

Photo courtesy of Daniel Fitzgerald

Painted Lady

Sidalcea diploscypha
fringed checkerbloom
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Senecio aronicoides
rayless ragwort
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Plantago subnuda
naked plantain
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Plantago erecta
dwarf plantain
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Packera breweri
Brewer's ragwort
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Malacothamnus fremontii
white-coat mallow
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Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus
chick lupine
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Lupinus formosus var. formosus
summer lupine
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Lupinus bicolor
miniature lupine
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Helianthus gracilentus
slender sunflower
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Helianthus annuus
sunflower
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Cirsium quercetorum
brownie thistle
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Cirsium occidentale var. venustum
Venus thistle
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Cirsium douglasii var. douglasii
swamp thistle
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Cirsium brevistylum
Indian thistle
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Cirsium andersonii
Franciscan thistle
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Artemisia dracunculus
tarragon
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Anaphalis margaritacea
pearly everlasting
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Amsinckia menziesii
rancher's fireweed
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Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Eastwood's fiddleneck
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Wyethia glabra
mule's ears
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Wyethia angustifolia
narrowleaf mule's ears
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Urtica dioica subsp. holosericea
stinging nettle
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Sidalcea malviflora subsp. malviflora
checkerbloom
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Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
wood lupine
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Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons
bush lupine
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Helianthus californicus
California sunflower
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Artemisia douglasiana
mugwort
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Artemisia californica
California sagebrush
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Achillea millefolium
yarrow
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