Bon Appetit: Pearly Everlasting and Painted Lady Butterfly

 Anaphalis margaritacea and Vanessa cardui

Pearly Everlasting is one of many Utah native plants that host the painted lady butterfly.

It grows in mountain meadows and prairies. It has been used by native peoples for medicine to treat sores, colds, and rheumatism. It has even been used as a tobacco substitute.