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
26 native plants in Florida. 5 not suggested for gardens
- Florida Water AsterSymphyotrichum fontinale
- Symphyotrichum adnatumSymphyotrichum adnatum
- Symphyotrichum bahamenseSymphyotrichum bahamense
- Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorumSymphyotrichum expansum
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Bushy AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Eastern Silvery AsterSymphyotrichum concolor
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Frost AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Late Purple AsterSymphyotrichum patens
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Simmonds's AsterSymphyotrichum simmondsii
- Small White AsterSymphyotrichum racemosum
- Walter's AsterSymphyotrichum walteri
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Willowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum praealtum
- Climbing AsterSymphyotrichum carolinianum
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Savannah Aster Symphyotrichum chapmanii Rare or protected plant
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum Rare or protected plant
- Symphyotrichum plumosum Symphyotrichum plumosum Rare or protected plant
- Barrens Silky Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum var. microphyllum 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.