The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly membership Plant Characteristics Family Name Malvaceae

Plant Characteristics Family Name Malvaceae Species Name Malva 'Purisima' Common Name Purisima Island Mallow Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

this species is native to San Diego County

Southwestern CA

unsung bee that has the potential to save the planet―the mason bee

The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly membership Plant Characteristics Family Name MalvaceaeLearn the story of a magnificent butterfly, the perils it faces and what we can do to help. Every fall, spectacular orange and black clouds of monarch butterflies fill the skies as they migrate from across North America to Central Mexico. West Coast populations make a similar though much shorter trip to coastal California. The National Wildlife Federation calls the monarch migration one of the greatest natural phenomena in the insect world. Not long