Helenium autumnale wild strawberry Their nectar attracts butterflies

Their nectar attracts butterflies

Embrace it as a value-added plant

and serving as a larval host for the skipper species of butterflies

Often called Gray Goldenrod because of the gray hue to its hair-covered stems

curling purple/blue flowers with long stamens contribute to their startling beauty

Helenium autumnale wild strawberry Their nectar attracts butterfliesAdd color to late summer and fall with the solid yellow, daisy like flowers of Sneezeweed, which grows well in sunny areas with moist soils. Like its cousin, Purple Headed Sneezeweed, it its pollen is carried by insects, not wind, so it does not trigger allergies! A host to the smallest North American butterfly, Dainty Sulphur, makes it even more special.