Leonard Weber

August 5, 2023

A perennial wildflower that blooms several weeks each summer in Eliza Howell Park is Purple Coneflower. I regularly visit these patches in July and August, often pausing for extended periods of time near them.

There are other flowers that attract butterflies in the park, but nothing compares with Purple Coneflower. Butterflies focused on sipping its nectar often let me get close enough to take photos with a phone camera.

Here are 17 butterfly species that I have (so far) been able to capture photographically while they and I visited Purple Coneflowers.

The wildflowers of Eliza Howell Park provide great butterfly watching. And, among the wildflowers, none is more effective at attracting butterflies than Putple Coneflower. I will be returning!