- Acacia angustissima – Prairie Acacia
- Acacia greggii – Catclaw Acacia
- Acourtia wrightii – Brownfoot
- Agave palmeri – Palmer's Century Plant
- Almutaster pauciflorus – Alkali Marsh Aster
- Anaphalis margaritacea – Western Pearly Everlasting
- Aquilegia chrysantha – Golden Columbine
- Aristolochia watsonii – Watson's Dutchman's Pipe
- Asclepias asperula – Spider Milkweed
- Asclepias linaria – Pineneedle Milkweed
- Asclepias nyctaginifolia – Mojave Milkweed
- Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
- Baccharis salicifolia – Mule-fat
- Baccharis sarothroides – Desertbroom
- Bahia absinthifolia – Hairyseed Bahia
- Baileya multiradiata – Desert Marigold
- Bebbia juncea – Sweetbush
- Caesalpinia gilliesii – Bird-of-paradise Shrub
- Calliandra eriophylla – Fairyduster
- Calyptocarpus vialis – Straggler Daisy
- Celtis ehrenbergiana – Spiny Hackberry
- Celtis laevigata var. reticulata – Netleaf Hackberry
- Cephalanthus occidentalis – Common Buttonbush
- Chilopsis linearis – Desert Willow
- Cirsium neomexicanum – New Mexico Thistle
- Conoclinium dissectum – Palmleaf Thoroughwort
- Dalea albiflora – Whiteflower Prairie Clover
- Dalea candida – White Prairie Clover
- Dalea pulchra – Santa Catalina Prairie Clover
- Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover
- Encelia farinosa – Brittlebush
- Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium – Hummingbird Trumpet
- Ericameria laricifolia – Turpentine Bush
- Eriogonum fasciculatum – Eastern Mojave Buckwheat
- Erysimum capitatum – Sanddune Wallflower
- Fallugia paradoxa – Apache Plume
- Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Fanfare' – Gaillardia 'Fanfare'
- Gaillardia pinnatifida – Red Dome Blanketflower
- Gaillardia pulchella – Firewheel
- Gaura coccinea – Scarlet Beeblossom
- Glandularia bipinnatifida – Dakota Mock Vervain
- Glandularia gooddingii – Southwestern Mock Vervain
- Helianthus annuus – Common Sunflower
- Helianthus petiolaris – Prairie Sunflower
- Heuchera sanguinea – Coralbells
- Hymenothrix wislizeni – Trans-Pecos Thimblehead
- Hyptis emoryi – Desert Lavender
- Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinalflower
- Lythrum californicum – California Loosestrife
- Macrosiphonia brachysiphon – Huachuca Mountain Rocktrumpet
- Medicago sativa – Alfalfa
- Melampodium leucanthum – Plains Blackfoot
- Melilotus officinalis – Yellow Sweetclover
- Mimosa dysocarpa – Velvetpod Mimosa
- Mimulus cardinalis – Scarlet Monkeyflower
- Mirabilis longiflora – Sweet Four O'Clock
- Oenothera caespitosa – Tufted Evening Primrose
- Oenothera elata – Hooker's Evening Primrose
- Passiflora caerulea – Bluecrown Passionflower
- Passiflora mexicana – Mexican Passionflower
- Penstemon parryi – Parry's Beardtongue
- Plumbago scandens – Doctorbush
- Ratibida columnifera – Upright Prairie Coneflower
- Senna covesii – Coves' Cassia
- Senna wislizeni – Wislizenus' Senna
- Thymophylla pentachaeta – Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf
- Zinnia acerosa – Desert Zinnia
- Zinnia grandiflora – Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Butterfly Flowers and Plants
Butterflies are day-flying insects in the Order Lepidoptera, and many of them are quite colorful. Hummingbird moths, which are also known as Hawk Moths or Sphinx Moths, are also in the Order Lepidoptera, but these large, sometimes colorful moths in the Family Sphingidae are primarily night-flying. Butterflies and hummingbird moths will visit a wide variety of flowers, but some flowers are particular favorites.
Listed below are some of the southeastern Arizona wildflowers and plants that are especially good for attracting butterflies, butterfly caterpillars, or nocturnal hummingbird moths. Some of these plants can be grown in butterfly gardens and are commercially available in native plant nurseries, either as plants or as wildflower seeds.