Caterpillar host plants
Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants; adults drink nectar from many flowers. Caterpillars also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
28 native plants in Alabama. 9 not suggested for gardens
- Agalinis filifoliaAgalinis filifolia
- Agalinis pulchellaAgalinis pulchella
- Chattahoochee False FoxgloveAgalinis plukenetii
- Gattingers AgalinisAgalinis gattingeri
- Green GerardiaAgalinis viridis
- Agalinis harperiAgalinis harperi
- Agalinis tenellaAgalinis tenella
- Beach False FoxgloveAgalinis fasciculata
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Tenlobe False FoxgloveAgalinis decemloba
- Threadleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis setacea
- Sandhills Wild-petuniaRuellia ciliosa
- Stalked wild petuniaRuellia penduculata subsp. pinetorum
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Pursh's Wild-petuniaRuellia purshiana
- Smooth Wild-petuniaRuellia strepens
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Agalinis divaricata Agalinis divaricata Rare or protected plant
- Agalinis filicaulis Agalinis filicaulis Rare or protected plant
- Earleaf False Foxglove Agalinis auriculata Rare or protected plant
- Georgia False Foxglove Agalinis georgiana Rare or protected plant
- Prairie False Foxglove Agalinis heterophylla Rare or protected plant
- Ridge Stem False Fox Glove Agalinis oligophylla Rare or protected plant
- Flaxleaf False Foxglove Agalinis linifolia Rare or protected plant
- Scaleleaf False Foxglove Agalinis aphylla Rare or protected plant
- Ruellia noctiflora Ruellia noctiflora Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.