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
33 native plants in Arkansas. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Maximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximiliani
- Paleleaf SunflowerHelianthus strumosus
- Rosinweed SunflowerHelianthus silphioides
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Hairy SunflowerHelianthus hirsutus
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Prairie SunflowerHelianthus petiolaris
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Western SunflowerHelianthus occidentalis
- Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
- Brown-eyed SusanRudbeckia triloba
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Cutleaf ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata
- Frostweed; White CrownbeardVerbesina virginica var. virginica
- Missouri Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia missouriensis
- Rudbeckia maximaRudbeckia maxima
- White CrownbeardVerbesina virginica
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Appalachian Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida var. umbrosa
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- 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
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Helianthus occidentalis subsp. occidentalis Helianthus occidentalis subsp. occidentalis Rare or protected plant
- Helianthus pauciflorus subsp. pauciflorus Helianthus pauciflorus subsp. pauciflorus Rare or protected plant
- Carolina Crownbeard Verbesina walteri Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.