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
32 native plants in Arkansas. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Ouachita LeadplantAmorpha ouachitensis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Fewflower Tick-trefoilDesmodium pauciflorum
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Bristly LocustRobinia hispida
- Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatumDesmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Naked Tick-trefoilDesmodium nudiflorum
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Panicled Tick TrefoilDesmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
- Panicled Tick-trefoilDesmodium paniculatum
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Pointedleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium glutinosum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Sessileleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium sessilifolium
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- American WisteriaWisteria frutescens
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- American Hog-peanutAmphicarpaea bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- American GroundnutApios americana
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Downy Indigobush Amorpha canescens Rare or protected plant
- Panicled Indigobush Amorpha paniculata Rare or protected plant
- Illinois Tick-trefoil Desmodium illinoense Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.