Butterflies LOVE Echinacea! Echinacea provides a large landing pad as well as plenty of nectar to drink. Echinacea also goes by the common name Purple Coneflower. It is native to parts of eastern North America and can be found in Canada as well as the United States. These flowers prefer sunny open spaces with lots of drainage. Open fields are where butterflies and bees love to forage for fresh nectar and these flowers do not only feed these insects, but they attract them with their beautiful purple hues. Echinacea is sweetly aromatic as well as tubular shaped so butterflies have a large landing pad and somewhere to reach for their nectar to feed. You can find these seeds in our Canadian Sourced handmade wildflower seed packets.