Edith’s Checkerspot

The Edith’s Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha) 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:

Edith’s Checkerspot

Plantago erecta

dwarf plantain

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Plantago subnuda

naked plantain

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Penstemon centranthifolius

scarlet bugler

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Pedicularis densiflora

Indian warrior

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Collinsia tinctoria

sticky Chinese-houses

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Collinsia heterophylla

Chinese-houses

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Castilleja wightii

Wight's paintbrush

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Castilleja exserta subsp. exserta

purple owl's-clover

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Penstemon heterophyllus var. purdyi

foothill penstemon

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Penstemon heterophyllus var. heterophyllus

chaparral penstemon

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Erythranthe guttata

seep monkeyflower

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Edith’s Checkerspot