Botanical Name:   Bacopa monnieri

Common Names:   Water Hyssop

Plant type:   White Peacock Anartia jatrophae butterflies.

Host for:   Host or Larval Food Plant for White Peacock Butterfly Anartia jatrophae and Malachite butterfly

Zone:   

Light:   Sun to very light shade

Size:   6" tall

Water:   The more the merrier!

Soil:   Wet to no soil - all water

Propagation:   cuttings, runners, division

Bloom:   small white blooms

Note:   

Butterfly Bloom Attractant:   1




Butterfly Attractant Scale:    0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.

These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.