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
23 native plants in Louisiana. 6 not suggested for gardens
- Agalinis pulchellaAgalinis pulchella
- Chattahoochee False FoxgloveAgalinis plukenetii
- Gattingers AgalinisAgalinis gattingeri
- Green GerardiaAgalinis viridis
- Ridge Stem False Fox GloveAgalinis oligophylla
- San Antonio False FoxgloveAgalinis homalantha
- Agalinis harperiAgalinis harperi
- Beach False FoxgloveAgalinis fasciculata
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
- Saltmarsh False FoxgloveAgalinis maritima
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Threadleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis setacea
- Stalked Wild PetuniaRuellia pedunculata
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Smooth Wild-petuniaRuellia strepens
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Agalinis filicaulis Agalinis filicaulis Rare or protected plant
- Skinners False Foxglove Agalinis skinneriana Rare or protected plant
- Flaxleaf False Foxglove Agalinis linifolia Rare or protected plant
- Scaleleaf False Foxglove Agalinis aphylla Rare or protected plant
- Ruellia noctiflora Ruellia noctiflora Rare or protected plant
- Ruellia pedunculata subsp. pinetorum Ruellia pedunculata subsp. pinetorum Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.