California
aster is a floriferous perennial about two feet in height.
The Painted Lady Butterfly is found
throughout most of the world.
It is similar to the West
Coast Lady as they both have many small dots on the underside
of the hind wing. The west coast lady has an orange spot along
with the white ones on the edge of the upper fore wing. The
American
Painted Lady has two very large eye spots on the underside of
the hind wing.
California
Native Plants eaten by the larvae of the Painted Lady butterfly