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
31 native plants in Arkansas. 4 not suggested for gardens
- Azure AsterSymphyotrichum oolentangiense
- Many-ray AsterSymphyotrichum anomalum
- Prairie AsterSymphyotrichum turbinellum
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Bottomland AsterSymphyotrichum ontarionis
- Bushy AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Calico Aster; One Sided Aster; White Woodland Aster; Starved AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum var. horizontale
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Frost AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum
- Hairy Heart Leaf AsterSymphyotrichum drummondii
- Heartleaf AsterSymphyotrichum cordifolium
- Late Purple AsterSymphyotrichum patens
- Long Stalk AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
- Small White AsterSymphyotrichum racemosum
- Smooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeveSymphyotrichum laeve var. laeve
- Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorumSymphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- White Heath AsterSymphyotrichum ericoides
- White Heath Aster; Squarrose White AsterSymphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides
- White Panicle AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum
- White Panicled AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
- Willowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum praealtum
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Western Silvery Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum Rare or protected plant
- Barrens Silky Aster Symphyotrichum pratense Rare or protected plant
- Pringles Old Field Aster Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei Rare or protected plant
- Short's Aster Symphyotrichum shortii Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.