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
27 native plants in Florida. 1 not suggested for gardens
- Dwarf Indigo Bush; Dwarf IndigobushAmorpha herbacea var. herbacea
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Florida Ticktrefoil; Florida Tick TrefoilDesmodium floridanum
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Panicled Tick-trefoilDesmodium paniculatum
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoilDesmodium strictum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Sessileleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium sessilifolium
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- American WisteriaWisteria frutescens
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Gleditsia × texanaGleditsia × texana
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- American Hog-peanutAmphicarpaea bracteata
- American GroundnutApios americana
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Cream Tick-trefoil Desmodium ochroleucum Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.