I haven't ventured out into the pastures too much in the last couple days. It's been cloudy and a bit rainy, so other things have been diverting my attention. I have also been doing some identification of a backlog of both butterflies and plants--and trying to figure out what I'll plant in the butterfly garden.

I've gotten my hands on a native plant list, now I just need to sort through it for suitable specimens. I thought I would share it to see if anything jumps out at anyone as an obvious choice. Of course, I've already decided on a few things that are currently out in my pasture--I've got some seed collecting to do--but otherwise I'm searching item by item to see what contributions each would make. This is the complete list, without editing as to suitability.

Forbs (annuals/biennials)

Aphanostephus skirrhobasis (lazy daisy)

Castilleja indivisa (Indian paintbrush)

Centaurea americana (basket flower)

Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountain beeplant)

Coreopsis tinctoria (tickseed, goldenwave, plains coreopsis, calliopsis)

Dracopsis amplexicaulis (clasping leaf coneflower)

Erigeron bellidiastrum (western fleabane)

Eryngium leavenworthii (Leavenworth eryngo)

Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana (Mexican gold poppy)

Euphorbia marginata (snow-on-the-mountain)

Eustoma russellianum (prairie or catchfly gentian, Texas bluebell)

Gaillardia pulchella (Indian blanket, firewheel)

Glandularia canadensis (rose vervain, sweet William)

Helianthus petiolaris (plains sunflower)

Ipomopsis longiflora (white-flowered gilia)

Ipomopsis rubra (standing cypress)

Lesquerella gordonii (Gordon's bladderpod)

Lesquerella gracilis (bladderpod)

Linum rigidum (yellow flax)

Lobelia spicata (pale lobelia)

Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (tahoka daisy, tansy aster)

Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa (Barbara's buttons)

Monarda citriodora (horsemint, lemon beebalm, lemon mint)

Nemophila phacelioides (baby blue eyes)

Oenothera albicaulis (pale evening primrose)

Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)

Oenothera rhombipetala (diamond-petal primrose, four-point evening primrose)

Palafoxia callosa (small palafoxia)

Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed Susan)

Sabatia campestris (prairie rose gentian, prairie sabatia, meadow pink)

Sedum nuttallianum (yellow stonecrop)

Senecio glabellus (butterweed)

Senecio plattensis (prairie ragwort, prairie groundsel)

Teucrium laciniatum (dwarf germander, cutleaf germander)

Thelesperma filifolium var. filifolium (thelesperma, greenthread)

Xanthisma texanum (sleepy daisy)

Forbs (perennials)

Abronia fragrans (sweet sand verbena)

Acorus calamus (sweet flag, calamus)

Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot)

Allium canadense (wild garlic)

Allium stellatum (wild pink onion)

Amsonia tabernaemontana (blue star)

Anemone caroliniana (Carolina anemone, southern thimbleweed)

Anemone cylindrica (thimbleweed, candle anemone)

Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed, tall anemone)

Antennaria spp. (pussytoes, everlasting)

Aquilegia canadensis (columbine)

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip)

Arnoglossum plantagineum

Artemisia ludoviciana (white sage, prairie sage, artemisia)

Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard)

Asclepias asperula (antelope horns)

Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)

Asclepias speciosa (showy milkweed)

Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)

Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)

Aster dumosus (bushy aster)

Aster ericoides (heath aster, white wreath aster)

Aster laevis (smooth aster)

Aster novae-angliae (New England aster)

Aster oblongifolius (aromatic aster)

Aster oolentangiensis (sky blue aster)

Aster pilosus (frost aster)

Astragalus canadensis (milk vetch, Canada milk vetch)

Baptisia alba var. macrophylla (cream false indigo, plains wild indigo)

Baptisia australis (blue wild indigo)

Callirhoe digitata (finger poppy mallow)

Callirhoe involucrata (purple poppy mallow, winecup)

Callirhoe papaver (poppy mallow)

Calylophus berlandieri (square-bud primrose, sundrops)

Camassia scilloides (wild hyacinth)

Castilleja sessiliflora (downy painted cup)

Claytonia virginica (narrow-leaved spring beauty)

Cooperia drummondii (rain lily, prairie lily)

Coreopsis grandiflora (coreopsis)

Coreopsis lanceolata (lance-leaved coreopsis)

Coreopsis palmata (stiff coreopsis)

Coreopsis tripteris (tall coreopsis)

Dalea purpurea (purple prairie clover)

Delphinium carolinianum (blue larkspur)

Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens (prairie larkspur)

Delphinium tricorne (dwarf larkspur)

Desmodium canadense (Canada tick-trefoil, Canada tickclover)

Desmodium illinoense (Illinois tick-trefoil, Illinois tickclover)

Desmodium sessilifolium (tick-trefoil)

Dodecatheon meadia (shooting star)

Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower, black Samson)

Echinacea pallida (pale purple coneflower)

Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)

Engelmannia pinnatifida (Engelmann daisy)

Erigeron modestus (prairie fleabane)

Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)

Erigeron strigosus (white-top fleabane)

Eryngium yuccifolium (rattlesnake master, button snake-root)

Erythronium americanum (eastern trout lily, yellow trout lily)

Eupatorium coelestinum (mist flower)

Eupatorium fistulosum (Joe-pye weed)

Eupatorium perfoliatum (boneset)

Eupatorium purpureum (Joe-pye weed)

Euphorbia corollata (flowering spurge)

Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod)

Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)

Gaillardia pinnatifida (yellow gaillardia, blanket flower)

Galium triflorum (sweet-scented bedstraw)

Gaura coccinea (scarlet gaura)

Geranium maculatum (wild geranium, cranesbill)

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida (prairie verbena, Dakota vervain)

Glycyrrhiza lepidota (wild licorice)

Hedyotis nigricans (bluets)

Hedysarum boreale (sweet vetch, sweet broom)

Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed)

Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian sunflower)

Helianthus simulans (narrow-leaved sunflower, swamp sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides (ox-eye sunflower, false sunflower)

Heterotheca villosa var. villosa (golden aster)

Heuchera americana var. hirsuticaulis (alumroot)

Hieracium longipilum (hairy hawkweed)

Hypoxis hirsuta (yellow star grass)

Ipomoea leptophylla (bush morning glory)

Iris cristata (dwarf crested iris)

Iris virginica (southern blue flag)

Iris virginica var. shrevei (blue flag)

Lespedeza capitata (roundheaded bush clover)

Liatris aspera (rough blazing star, gayfeather)

Liatris elegans (gayfeather)

Liatris mucronata (narrow-leaf gayfeather)

Liatris punctata (dotted blazing star, gayfeather)

Liatris pycnostachya (prairie blazing star, gayfeather)

Liatris squarrosa (blazing star)

Linum lewisii (wild blue flax)

Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon)

Lithospermum caroliniense (hairy puccoon, hispid gromwell)

Lithospermum incisum (fringed puccoon, narrow-leaved puccoon)

Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)

Lobelia siphilitica (great blue lobelia)

Ludwigia palustris (marsh purslane)

Ludwigia peploides (water primrose, verdolaga de agua)

Lycopus americanus (bugle-weed, water-horehound)

Lysimachia ciliata (fringed loosestrife)

Manfreda virginica (rattlesnake master, false aloe)

Melampodium leucanthum (Blackfoot daisy, rock daisy)

Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata (catclaw sensitive briar)

Mitchella repens (partridge berry)

Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm)

Nolina texana (sacahuista, basket grass, Texas beargrass)

Nuphar lutea (yellow pond lily, cow lily, spatter dock)

Oenothera fruticosa (sundrops)

Oenothera macrocarpa (Missouri evening primrose)

Oenothera speciosa (showy white evening primrose)

Peltandra virginica (arrow arum)

Penstemon albidus (white beardtongue)

Penstemon ambiguus (sand penstemon)

Penstemon angustifolius (whorled penstemon)

Penstemon cobaea (cobaea penstemon, wild foxglove)

Penstemon digitalis (beardtongue)

Penstemon fendleri (fendler penstemon, purple foxglove)

Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered penstemon)

Penstemon murrayanus (red penstemon, cupleaf beardtongue)

Phlox carolina (Carolina phlox)

Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii (blue phlox, sweet William)

Phlox pilosa (prairie phlox, downy phlox)

Physostegia intermedia (obedient plant)

Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant, false dragonhead)

Podophyllum peltatum (May apple)

Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon's seal)

Polytaenia nuttallii (prairie parsley)

Potentilla arguta (white cinquefoil, prairie cinquefoil, tall cinquefoil)

Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (slender mountain mint)

Pycnanthemum virginianum (mountain mint)

Ranunculus hispidus (early buttercup, tufted buttercup)

Ratibida columnifera (prairie coneflower, long-headed coneflower, Mexican hat)

Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower, yellow coneflower)

Rhexia virginica (meadow beauty)

Rudbeckia fulgida (black-eyed Susan, orange coneflower)

Rudbeckia grandiflora (large coneflower)

Rudbeckia subtomentosa (sweet black-eyed Susan)

Ruellia humilis (wild petunia)

Salvia lyrata (cancer weed, lyre-leaf sage)

Sanguinaria candensis (bloodroot)

Silene stellata (starry campion)

Silphium integrifolium (rosinweed)

Silphium laciniatum (compass plant)

Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium (narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass)

Sisyrinchium campestre (white-eyed grass, prairie blue-eyed grass)

Solidago caesia (blue-stemmed goldenrod, wreath goldenrod)

Solidago canadensis (meadow goldenrod)

Solidago missouriensis (Missouri goldenrod, prairie goldenrod)

Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod, old-field goldenrod)

Solidago rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Solidago rugosa (rough-leaved goldenrod)

Solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod)

Solidago ulmifolia (elm-leaved goldenrod)

Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globe mallow)

Spigelia marilandica (Indian pink)

Tephrosia virginiana (goat's rue)

Tetraneuris acaulis var. acaulis (stemless goldflower, stemless rubber weed, butte marigold)

Tetraneuris scaposa var. scaposa (four-nerve daisy, yellow daisy, bitterweed)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (tall or purple meadow rue)

Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone)

Tradescantia hirsuticaulis (hairy spiderwort)

Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort)

Uvularia grandiflora (bellwort, merrybells)

Uvularia sessilifolia (wildoats, merrybells)

Verbena hastata (blue verbena, blue vervain)

Verbena stricta (hoary vervain)

Vernonia baldwinii (ironweed, western ironweed)

Vernonia fasciculata (ironweed)

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root)

Viola missouriensis (Missouri violet)

Viola pedata (bird-foot violet)

Viola pedatifida (prairie violet)

Viola pubescens (downy or smooth yellow violet)

Viola soraria (common blue violet, meadow violet)

Yucca arkansana (Arkansas yucca, softleaf yucca)

Yucca glauca (yucca, soapweed)

Zinnia grandiflora (Rocky Mountain zinnia, yellow zinnia, plains zinnia)

Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

I sure open to your suggestions from this list. I can't, of course, plant everything, so I will have to wack it down quite a bit.