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
43 native plants in Alabama. 11 not suggested for gardens
- Helianthus debilis subsp. cucumerifoliusHelianthus debilis subsp. cucumerifolius
- Helianthus debilis subsp. tardiflorusHelianthus debilis subsp. tardiflorus
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Rosinweed SunflowerHelianthus silphioides
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Paleleaf SunflowerHelianthus strumosus
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Hairy SunflowerHelianthus hirsutus
- Helianthus floridanusHelianthus floridanus
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Purpledisk SunflowerHelianthus atrorubens
- Resindot SunflowerHelianthus resinosus
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Thinleaf SunflowerHelianthus decapetalus
- Western SunflowerHelianthus occidentalis
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Appalachian Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia umbrosa
- Black Belt Black Eyed SusandRudbeckia terranigrae
- Glade Orange Cone FlowerRudbeckia tenax
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. spathulataRudbeckia spathulata
- Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifoliaRudbeckia hirta var. angustifolia
- White CrownbeardVerbesina virginica
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Yellow CrownbeardVerbesina occidentalis
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Eastern Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. hirta
- Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida
- Southeastern Cut Leaf Cone FlowerRudbeckia laciniata var. digitata
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Whorled Sunflower Helianthus verticillatus Federally endangered
- Confederate Daisy Helianthus porteri Rare or protected plant
- Eggerts Sunflower Helianthus eggertii Rare or protected plant
- Longleaf Sunflower Helianthus longifolius Rare or protected plant
- Variableleaf Sunflower Helianthus heterophyllus Rare or protected plant
- Verbesina aristata Verbesina aristata Rare or protected plant
- Carolina Crownbeard Verbesina walteri Rare or protected plant
- Rudbeckia auriculata Rudbeckia auriculata Rare or protected plant
- Rudbeckia mollis Rudbeckia mollis Rare or protected plant
- Rudbeckia nitida Rudbeckia nitida Rare or protected plant
- Sun-facing Coneflower Rudbeckia heliopsidis Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.