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
9 native plants in Florida. 1 not suggested for gardens
- Chamaecrista deeringianaChamaecrista deeringiana
- Running Partridge PeaChamaecrista horizontalis
- Common Partridge-peaChamaecrista fasciculata
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Chapman's Wild Sensitive PlantSenna mexicana var. chapmanii
- Privet Wild Sensitive PlantSenna ligustrina
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- SicklepodSenna obtusifolia
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Narrowpod Sensitive Pea Chamaecrista lineata var. keyensis Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.